OxyContin in Ontario: The multiple materialities of prescription painkillers

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 486-493

  King, Samantha ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multiplicity; Ontario; OxyContin; Policy

Indexed keywords

OXYCODONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PAIN; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL WELFARE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HUMANS; ONTARIO; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OXYCODONE; PAIN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84902780066     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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