Proportion of opioid use due to compensated workers' compensation claims in Manitoba, Canada

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 33-39

  Kraut, Allen ^a   Shafer, Leigh Anne ^a   Raymond, Colette B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Duration of use; Epidemiology; Opioids; Workers compensation

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RISK FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918573329     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22374     Document Type: Article

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