Quality Assessment Errors and Study Misclassification Threaten Systematic Review Validity: Community Opioid Overdose Prevention and Naloxone Distribution Programs Review

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 502-503

  Orkin, Aaron M ^a,b,c   Bingham, Katherine ^b   Buick, Jason Eric ^b   Klaiman, Michelle ^b   Leece, Pamela ^d   Kouyoumdjian, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

CASE STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; ERROR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VALIDATION STUDY; COMPLICATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84956572578     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000161     Document Type: Letter

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