References & Sources

Drug deaths by the week

Increases in death rates at the start of each month may largely stem from activity related to substance abuse.

References:

Phillips, D.P., et al. 1999. An increase in the number of deaths in the United States in the first week of the month. New England Journal of Medicine 341(July 8):93.

Sources:

David P. Phillips
University of California, San Diego
Department of Sociology
Mail Code 0533
La Jolla, CA 92093-0533

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 4, July 24, 1999, p. 59. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.