Opium, opioids, and an increased risk of death: Beyond overdose the risks are incompletely understood

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 344, Issue 7854, 2012, Pages

  Dhalla, Irfan A ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYDROMORPHONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE;

ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTOXICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS; VALIDITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OPIUM;

EID: 84860337605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e2617     Document Type: Editorial

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