Age and gender trends in long-term opioid analgesic use for noncancer pain

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2541-2547

  Campbell, Cynthia I ^a   Weisner, Constance ^b   LeResche, Linda ^c   Ray, G Thomas ^a   Saunders, Kathleen ^d   Sullivan, Mark D ^e   Banta Green, Caleb J ^c   Merrill, Joseph O ^e   Silverberg, Michael J ^a   Boudreau, Denise ^d   Satre, Derek D ^b   Von Korff, Michael ^d  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CALIFORNIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SEX FACTORS; STATE HEALTH PLANS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 78649821259     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.180646     Document Type: Article

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