Association of mental health disorders with prescription opioids and high-risk opioid use in US veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan

JAMA

Volumn 307, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 940-947

  Seal, Karen H ^a,b   Shi, Ying ^a   Cohen, Gregory ^a   Cohen, Beth E ^a,b   Maguen, Shira ^a,b   Krebs, Erin E ^c   Neylan, Thomas C ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFGHANISTAN; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IRAQ; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VETERAN;

EID: 84857848576     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.234     Document Type: Article

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