Chronic pain, Addiction severity, and misuse of opioids in Cumberland County, Maine

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 346-349

  Heimer, Robert ^a   Dasgupta, Nabarun ^b   Irwin, Kevin S ^c   Kinzly, Mark ^a   Harvey, Alison Phinney ^a   Givens, Anthony ^a   Grau, Lauretta E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction Severity; Chronic pain; Drug misuse; Opioids

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION SEVERITY INDEX; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PAIN INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHRONIC PAIN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MAINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84855593106     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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