Using poison center exposure calls to predict methadone poisoning deaths

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Dasgupta, Nabarun ^a   Davis, Jonathan ^b   Funk, Michele Jonsson ^a   Dart, Richard ^b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTRONICS; EMERGENCY CARE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; METHADONE POISONING; MORTALITY; POISON CENTER; POISON CENTER CALL; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; POISON CONTROL CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864057666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041181     Document Type: Article

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