An Estimation of Drug-Related Deaths in Iran, Using the Capture-Recapture Method (2014-2016)

Authors

  • Abbas Alipour Department of social medicine, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  • Ardeshir Khosravi Deputy for Public Health, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
  • Masoudeh Babakhanian Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
  • Mehdi Saberi Legal Medicine Organization, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Mehran Zarghami Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute AND Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. Sari, Iran
  • Seyed Saeed Hashemi-Nazari Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center AND Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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volume 12  issue 2

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publication date 2020-05-01

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