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Causes of hospital admission and mortality among 6683 people who use heroin: A cohort study comparing relative and absolute risks

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Highlights • People who use heroin have very high risk of hospitalisation and death.• Most of the excess risk relates to common non-communicable diseases.• Diseases of the lung, cardiovascular system… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • People who use heroin have very high risk of hospitalisation and death.• Most of the excess risk relates to common non-communicable diseases.• Diseases of the lung, cardiovascular system and liver cause large numbers of deaths.

Keywords: use heroin; mortality among; causes hospital; people use; admission mortality; hospital admission

Journal Title: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Year Published: 2019

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