Fatal overdose and drug-related mortality are key harms associated with heroin use,
especially injecting drug use (IDU), and are a significant contribution to premature mortality …

The study aimed to determine mortality rates, standardised mortality ratios (SMRs), and
correlates of mortality amongst the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS) cohort of …

This study examined associations between mortality and demographic and risk
characteristics among young injection drug users in San Francisco, California, and …

Background In contrast to research on more restricted samples of drug users,
epidemiological studies open up a view of death rates and survivorship of those who have …

Abstract Introduction and Aims. Experiencing previous non‐fatal overdoses have been
identified as a predictor of subsequent non‐fatal overdoses; however, few studies have …

Aims To test the hypothesis that methadone is responsible for a greater increase in
overdose deaths than heroin, and causes proportionally more overdose deaths than heroin …

This study investigated causes and manner of drug-related fatalities recorded in 2000 in the
United Kingdom, measuring the 'masked'manner of death in cases typically recorded as …

To determine annual patterns and correlates of nonfatal heroin overdose across 3 years,
data were analyzed on 387 heroin users recruited for the Australian Treatment Outcome …

Objectives To describe the circumstances and draft a typology of drug‐related overdose
deaths. Setting London, 2003. Methods An audit of 148 drug overdose deaths (involving …

Background Heroin use carries the highest burden of disease of any drug of dependence.
The study aimed to determine mortality rates of the Australian Treatment Outcome Study …