Anesthetic Drug Abuse by Anesthesiologists

Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-386

  Jungerman, Flavia Serebrenic ^a   Palhares Alves, Hamer Nastasy ^b   Carmona, Maria José Carvalho ^a   Conti, Nancy Brisola ^a   Malbergier, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FM USP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Anesthesiology; Mortality; Occupational Diseases; Opioid Related Disorders; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FENTANYL; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SUFENTANIL; TRANQUILIZER;

ABSENTEEISM; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANESTHESIST; BRAZIL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OPERATING ROOM; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SELF MEDICATION; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84861660307     PISSN: 00347094     EISSN: 1806907X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-7094(12)70138-1     Document Type: Review

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