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New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 374, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 1296-

  Compton, Wilson M ^a   Jones, Christopher M ^b   Baldwin, Grant T ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORTALITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; TRENDS;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE;

EID: 84962424458     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1601875     Document Type: Letter

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