Opioid analgesics - Risky drugs, not risky patients

JAMA

Volumn 309, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2219-2220

  Dowell, Deborah ^a   Kunins, Hillary V ^a   Farley, Thomas A ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 84878602253     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2013.5794     Document Type: Short Survey

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