Counterfeit Norco poisoning outbreak — San Francisco bay area, California, March 25–April 5, 2016

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 420-423

  Vo, Kathy T ^a,b   van Wijk, Xander M R ^a   Lynch, Kara L ^a   Wu, Alan H B ^a   Smollin, Craig G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Port of San Francisco   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTERFEIT DRUG; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CALIFORNIA; COUNTERFEIT DRUGS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964874415     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6516e1     Document Type: Article

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