Drug-related celebrity deaths: A cross-sectional study
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Drug-related celebrity deaths: A cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND 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 surroundi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1747-597X
DOI: 10.1186/s13011-016-0084-z