Assessment of prescription opioid intentional exposures across the rural-urban continuum in the United States using both population and drug availability rates

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1334-1337

  Le Lait, Marie Claire ^a   Martinez, Erin M ^a   Severtson, Stevan G ^a   Lavery, Sarah A ^a   Bucher Bartelson, Becki ^a   Dart, Richard C ^a,b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN POISON AND DRUG CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Intentional exposures; Pharmacoepidemiology; Poison center; Population rates; Prescription opioid; Rural; URDD

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION MODEL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADULT; FEMALE; HISTORY; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84914105400     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.3653     Document Type: Article

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