Editorial: Cocaine use and death during heat waves

Editorial: Cocaine use and death during heat waves

An editorial discusses a study that presents substantive evidence that the risk of death from cocaine overdose increases sharply during hot weather. High priority should be given to resolving doubts as to whether the heat wave-associated increase in cocaine overdose deaths represents actual cause an...

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Veröffentlicht in:JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 1998-06, Vol.279 (22), p.1828
1. Verfasser: Kilbourne, Edwin M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cocaine
Editorials
Fatalities
Heat
Temperature
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Zusammenfassung:An editorial discusses a study that presents substantive evidence that the risk of death from cocaine overdose increases sharply during hot weather. High priority should be given to resolving doubts as to whether the heat wave-associated increase in cocaine overdose deaths represents actual cause and effect.
ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598