Opioid overdose-related deaths [1]

JAMA

Volumn 306, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 379-

  Geller, Aaron S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCODONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE;

CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CHRONIC PAIN; DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; NONREM SLEEP; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 79960722756     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2011.1036     Document Type: Letter

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