Exposure to narcotics in the operating room poses occupational hazard for anesthesiologists

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 794-797

  Gold, Mark S ^a,b,c   Dennis, Donn M ^b   Morey, Timothy E ^b   Melker, Richard ^b  

^a Depts Psychiat Neurosci A   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Box 100183 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ANESTHESIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OPERATING ROOM; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 12344337154     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0048-5713-20041001-21     Document Type: Review

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