Commentary on Boslett et al. (2020): Towards better measurement of drug involvement in fatal overdoses

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Christopher J Ruhm. Addiction. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;115(7):1318-1319.

doi: 10.1111/add.14988. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

¹ Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, University of Virginia and National Bureau of Economic Research.

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Keywords: Drug mortality; fatal overdoses; measurement; mortality rates; opioids; prediction methods.

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Using contributing causes of death improves prediction of opioid involvement in unclassified drug overdoses in US death records.
Boslett AJ, Denham A, Hill EL. Boslett AJ, et al. Addiction. 2020 Jul;115(7):1308-1317. doi: 10.1111/add.14943. Epub 2020 Feb 27. Addiction. 2020. PMID: 32106355 Free PMC article.

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