Citation

Edwards RD. Prev. Med. 2016; 89: 324-326.

Affiliation

Queens College, City University of New York 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Queens, NY 11367. Electronic address: redwards@qc.cuny.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.05.024

PMID

27261412

Abstract

Drug-related overdoses appear to be a major factor behind an historic pause or even a reversal in the predominant downward trend over time in U.S. mortality rates, a departure that is especially evident among non-Hispanic white females of middle age. The new geography of accidental poisoning deaths and their covariates suggests that we should reassess traditional policies and perspectives in order to combat this threat to public health.

Copyright © 2015. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Language: en