Opioids and deaths [5]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 364, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 686-687

  Rich, Josiah D ^a   Green, Traci C ^a   McKenzie, Michelle S ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; NOTE;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OVERDOSE;

EID: 79951846737     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1014490     Document Type: Letter

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