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Drug-related overdose deaths in British Columbia and Ontario, 1992-2004

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2006
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Fischer, B., Popova, S., Rehm, J., & Ivsins, A. (2006). Drug-related overdose deaths in British Columbia and Ontario, 1992-2004. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Revue Canadienne de Santé Publique, 97, 384–387. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03405347

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OBJECTIVE: To compare rates of fatal drug-related overdose death (OD) cases--a major harm outcome of illicit substance use--in the two provinces of British Columbia (BC) and Ontario, and the two largest municipalities in those provincial jurisdictions, namely the cities of Vancouver and Toronto, between 1992 and 2004. METHODS: Provincial coroners' data of drug-related OD cases for the provincial jurisdictions of BC and Ontario, and the municipal jurisdictions of Vancouver and Toronto, are descriptively presented and compared. RESULTS:

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  • Fischer, B
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  • Popova, S
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  • Rehm, Jürgen
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  • Ivsins, A
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97

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05

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384

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387

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British Columbia, Death, Ontario, Overdose, drug, drug use, mortality, use

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English

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2006

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2014-05-20

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0008-4263

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163 since deposited on 2014-05-20
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Fischer, B., Popova, S., Rehm, J., & Ivsins, A. (2006). Drug-related overdose deaths in British Columbia and Ontario, 1992-2004. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Revue Canadienne de Santé Publique, 97, 384–387. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03405347

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