Citation

Just JM, Bleckwenn M, Schnakenberg R, Skatulla P, Weckbecker K. Subst. Abuse Treat. Prev. Policy 2016; 11(1): e40.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s13011-016-0084-z

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Celebrities are at risk for premature mortality as well as drug-related death. Despite being a vulnerable patient group, celebrities influence people's health behaviours through biological, psychological and social processes. Therefore, celebrity endorsement of the topic could be one way to challenge the current "opioid endemic". Our aim was to better understand the factors surrounding drug-related celebrity deaths by investigating the incidence as well as substances used between 1970 and 2015 using a cross-sectional study design.

Language: en