Trends in drug overdose deaths in England and Wales 1993-98: methadone does not kill more people than heroin.

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Published in Addiction on April 01, 2003

Authors

Matthew Hickman1, Peter Madden, John Henry, Allan Baker, Chris Wallace, Jon Wakefield, Gerry Stimson, Paul Elliott

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Social Science and Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK. m.hickman@ic.ac.uk

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