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Database ID	414
Title	Methadone related deaths in Western Australia 1993-1999
Description	To describe methadone-related deaths in Western Australia from 1993 to 1999 and determine differences between deaths in methadone maintenance treatment in the public and private sectors.
Status	Archived
Researchers	Elizabeth Ernst Anne Bartu Aurora Popescu Ken Ilett Robert Hansson Noel Plumley
Keywords	methadone; mortality; Western Australia
Methodology	Review of coronial and clinical data for all cases identified by methadone detected from toxicological analysis of post-modern samples between January 1993 and December 1999.
Institution	Western Australia. Drug and Alcohol Office
Collaborating institutions	Next Step Specialist Drug and Alcohol Services University of Western Australia. School of Medicine and Pharmacology Chemistry Centre, Western Australia
Start Date	01-2001
End Date	01-2002
Contact	Name  Anne Bartu Phone  (08) 9370 0348 Fax  (08) 9272 6605
Ethics Statement	Coronial Ethics Committee
Indexed	Epidemiology, consumption and prevalence -> Morbidity and mortality -> Mortality (44) Health and medical -> Pharmacotherapy -> Methadone -> Methadone maintenance (27) Treatment -> Pharmacotherapy -> Methadone -> Methadone maintenance (27) Geographic regions -> Australia -> Western Australia (135)

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