Mortality among injection drug users in northern thailand: A prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Quan V., Aramrattana A., Vongchak T., Latkin C., Donnell D., Liu T., Wiboonnatakul K., Celentano D.
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=79551618877&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/43181
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

Objectives: To measure mortality rates and assess predictors of all-cause mortality in a cohort of Thai injection drug users (IDUs) who were enrolled and followed up from 2004 through 2006. Methods: In this prospective cohort study, we enrolled 314 community-dwelling IDUs (95% being men; 42% of ethn...