Abusive prescribing of controlled substances

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2269-2270

  Jha, Vinayak M ^a   Blum, Alan ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; CAUSE OF DEATH; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; LICENCE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOBACCO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889244743     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1313689     Document Type: Letter

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