Increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths — Rhode Island, november 2013–march 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn , Issue 24, 2014, Pages 531-

  Mercado Crespo, Melissa C ^a   Sumner, Steven A ^a   Bridget Spelke, M ^b   Sugerman, David E ^b   Stanley, Christina ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DRUG OVERDOSE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; RHODE ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902588832     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

References (3)

1. Drug Enforcement Administration, US Department of Justice. Control of a chemical precursor used in the illicit manufacture of fentanyl as a List I chemical. Final rule. Fed Regist 2008;73:43355–7.
2. CDC. Nonpharmaceutical fentanyl-related deaths—multiple states, April 2005–March 2007. MMWR 2008;57:793–6.
3. CDC. Acetyl fentanyl overdose fatalities—Rhode Island, March–May 2013. MMWR 2013;62:703–4.