Suicide and drug-related mortality following occupational injury - Applebaum KM, Asfaw A, O'Leary PK, Busey A, Tripodis Y, Boden LI.

BACKGROUND: Drug overdoses and suicides have been rising since 2000 and are major contributors to a 3-year decline in US life expectancy. Studies suggest that injured workers have elevated rates of depression and opioid use, but no studies have measured ex...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news