Abstract

Background More than 200 drug-related deaths occur in Austria every year. Despite multifarious addiction treatment programs, drug-related mortality has increased. In many cases the cause of death remains obscure. It is an ethical responsibility to avoid drug deaths; therefore it is required to identify the main causes and risk factors of drug related deaths. Methods After approval of the ethics committee of Vienna and Lower Austria and written and signed informed consent of patients and control persons, blood was taken in …

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