This document (deliverable 3) is part of a package of documents produced in the course of a
consultant study on cohort studies among people who are using drugs in the EU27, Norway …

This technical report is part of a package of documents produced in the course of a
consultant study on mortality cohort studies among people who are using drugs in the EU27 …

BACKGROUND: Mortality cohort studies among people who are using drugs (PWUD) form
an important piece of the puzzle to describe the drug situation and the individual and public …

Abstract Purpose The UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) is increasingly being
used by Dutch researchers in epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology. It is however …

In present study, data of drug-induced deaths in 29 European countries were used to
analyze the profile and trend of drug-induced deaths recorded for total population, males …

The Nordic countries share similarities in many social and welfare domains, but drug
policies have varied over time and between countries. We wanted to compare differences in …

Aim: The aim of this study was to describe subgroups of those who died from a drug-related
cause of death employing demographic and socioeconomic data. Methods: A total of 1,628 …

Purpose The aim of this study was to describe characteristics and external validity of the
German Health Risk Institute (HRI) Database. Methods The HRI Database is an anonymized …

Aims: Statistics on drug-related deaths (DRD) provide crucial information on the drug
situation. The European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) has …

BACKGROUND: Drug users in clinical samples have elevated mortality compared with the
general population, but little is known about mortality among users of drugs within the …