Prescription opioids, overdose deaths, and physician responsibility

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 2672-2673

  McLellan, A Thomas ^a,b   Turner, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TREATMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

DRUG ABUSE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 57449106482     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.793     Document Type: Editorial

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