Decrease in rate of opioid analgesic overdose deaths — Staten island, New York city, 2011–2013

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 491-494

  Paone, Denise ^a   Tuazon, Ellenie ^a   Kattan, Jessica ^a   Nolan, Michelle L ^a   O’Brien, Daniella Bradley ^a   Dowell, Deborah ^b   Farley, Thomas A ^c   Kunins, Hillary V ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

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

^c Public Good Projects   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 84931037221     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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