Prescription opioid usage and abuse relationships: An evaluation of state prescription drug monitoring program efficacy

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Reisman, Richard M ^a   Shenoy, Pareen J ^b   Atherly, Adam J ^c   Flowers, Christopher R ^b  

^a Gwinnett Hospital System Pain Management Center   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

PDMP; Prescription opioids; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956553634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/sart.s2345     Document Type: Article

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