Sex differences in long-term opioid use: Cautionary notes for prescribing in women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-432

  Darnall, Beth D ^a   Stacey, Brett R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

DRUG USE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NOTE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84858428493     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1741     Document Type: Note

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