Prescription opioid abuse and diversion in an Urban community: The results of an ultrarapid assessment

Pain Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-548

  Inciardi, James A ^a   Surratt, Hilary L ^a   Cicero, Theodore J ^b   Beard, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversion; Doctor shopping; Opioid abuse; Pill brokers; Rapid assessment

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TRAFFIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 65349151341     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2009.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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