Association of Neighborhood Characteristics and Travel Patterns With Fatal Drug Overdoses

Elizabeth D Nesoff; Charles C Branas; Silvia S Martins

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3823

Association of Neighborhood Characteristics and Travel Patterns With Fatal Drug Overdoses

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Jan 1;181(1):129-131. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3823.

Authors

Elizabeth D Nesoff¹, Charles C Branas¹, Silvia S Martins¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the travel patterns from home residences to locations of fatal drug overdoses in Cook County, Illinois, from August 1, 2014, to December 31, 2018.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Overdose / mortality*
Female
Humans
Illinois / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Neighborhood Characteristics*

Grants and funding

T32 DA031099/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States