ORIGINAL ARTICLE. Mortality Among Injection Drug Users in Northern Thailand: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Autor: Vu Minh Quan, Aramrattana, Apinum, Vongchak, Tasanai, Latkin, Carl, Donnell, Deborah, Ting-Yuan Liu, Wiboonnatakul, Kanokporn, Celentano, David D.
Zdroj: Journal of Addiction Medicine; Dec2010, Vol. 4 Issue 4, p217-222, 6p
Abstrakt: The article reports on research which was conducted to investigate mortality rates and assess predictors of all-cause mortality in a cohort of injection drug users in Thailand who were enrolled and followed up from 2004 through 2006. Researchers evaluated 314 drug users. They found that the all-cause mortality among the drug users was high and that the increased mortality was associated with HIV infection, benzodiazepine use, and excessive alcohol consumption.
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