Economic decline, incarceration, and mortality from drug use disorders in the USA between 1983 and 2014: an observational analysis

• Main Authors: Elias Nosrati, PhD (Author), Jacob Kang-Brown, PhD (Author), Michael Ash, ProfPhD (Author), Martin McKee, ProfMD (Author), Michael Marmot, ProfMD (Author), Lawrence P King, ProfPhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Drug use disorders are an increasing cause of disability and early death in the USA, with substantial geographical variation. We aimed to investigate the associations between economic decline, incarceration rates, and age-standardised mortality from drug use disorders at the cou...