Opioid and other substance misuse, overdose risk, and the potential for prevention among a sample of OEF/OIF veterans in New York City

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 894-907

  Bennett, Alex S ^a   Elliott, Luther ^a   Golub, Andrew ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Mental health; Military personnel; Opioids; Overdose; Overdose prevention; Pain management; Reintegration; Substance use misuse; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OPIATE ADDICTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW YORK CITY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VETERANS;

EID: 84880665495     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.796991     Document Type: Article

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