Prescription of opioid analgesics and related harms in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 195, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 280-284

  Roxburgh, Amanda ^a   Bruno, Raimondo ^b   Larance, Briony ^a   Burns, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE; OXYCODONE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRESCRIPTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MALE; MORPHINE; OVERDOSE; OXYCODONE; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052504202     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja10.11450     Document Type: Article

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