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Fatal poisoning among patients with drug addiction.

Published by chris24 on December 14, 2015
Fatal poisoning among patients with drug addiction.

CONCLUSIONS: The number of fatal poisonings among drug addicts has stabilised around 200. The increase in methadone deaths continued and, as in 2007, methadone was the main intoxicant. The increase in methadone deaths seems to be associated with use of methadone in substitution treatment. Nevertheless, methadone treatment also seems to save lives, as indicated by the increasing median age. Use of
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Health status of users of the Bologna local health authority drug addiction treatment services: a study of hospital admissions in the period 2004-2013.

Authors: Pavarin RM, Gambini D
Abstract
The aim of this study was to monitor the health status of the users of the services for drug addiction (SERT) in the metropolitan area of Bologna by analysing the hospital discharge records (SDO). For the period 2004-2013, among the residents of the metropolitan areas aged 15-64, we compared the trend in hospital admissions of SERT users with that of
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Significant life events and social connectedness in Australian women’s gambling experiences

Citation Information: Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. ISSN (Online) 1458-6126, DOI: 10.1515/nsad-2015-0043, September 2015 IMPACT FACTOR 2014: 0.564 SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2014: 0.176 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 2014: 0.278 Impact per Publication (IPP) 2014: 0.257 © by Elaine Mary Nuske. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivat
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Significant Others in Substance Abusers’ Change Talk During Motivational Interviewing Sessions in the Finnish Probation Service

Citation Information: Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. ISSN (Online) 1458-6126, DOI: 10.2478/nsad-2014-0033, December 2014 IMPACT FACTOR 2014: 0.564 SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2014: 0.176 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 2014: 0.278 Impact per Publication (IPP) 2014: 0.257 This research was funded by the Academy of Finland (grant numbers 118424, 250125504623, 25012561453); and the
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Implementation of a Multicomponent Responsible Beverage Service Programme in Sweden – A Qualitative Study of Promoting and Hindering Factors

Citation Information: Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. ISSN (Online) 1458-6126, DOI: 10.2478/nsad-2014-0038, December 2014 IMPACT FACTOR 2014: 0.564 SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2014: 0.176 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 2014: 0.278 Impact per Publication (IPP) 2014: 0.257 2CAN, Centralförbundet för alkohol- och narkotikaupplysning, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden 4Public
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