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Fatal uncertainty: death-rate from use of ecstasy or heroin.
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Lancet (London, England) [Lancet] 1999 Oct 09; Vol. 354 (9186), pp. 1265-6. - Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- We provide a 25-fold range for the ecstacy-related death rate per 10,000 15-24-year-old users in the UK: from 0.2 to 5.3, compared with the death rate of 1.0 from road traffic accidents in the same age-group. The heroin-related death rate in 15-24-year-old heroin users was much higher, but also imprecisely estimated: from 9.1 to 81.5 deaths per 10,000 15-24-year-old users. Data deficiencies which inhibit the calculation of drug-specific rates in this population should be remedied.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0140-6736
- Volume :
- 354
- Issue :
- 9186
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Lancet (London, England)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- 10520642
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02729-4