CDC grand rounds: Prescription drug overdoses - a U.S. epidemic

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-13

  Paulozzi, Leonard ^a   Baldwin, Grant ^a   Franklin, Gary ^b   Kerlikowske, Gil ^c   Jones, Christopher M ^c   Ghiya, Neelam ^d   Popovic, Tanja ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^b Washington State Agency Medical Directors' Group   (United States)

^c Office of National Drug Control Policy   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OVERDOSE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856506438     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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