Trends and sex differences in prescription opioid deaths in British Columbia, Canada

Injury Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 288-290

  Gladstone, Emilie J ^a   Smolina, Kate ^a   Morgan, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE;

ACCIDENTS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84938149799     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2015-041604     Document Type: Article

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