Medication sharing, storage, and disposal practices for opioid medications among us adults

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1027-1029

  Kennedy Hendricks, Alene ^a   Gielen, Andrea ^a   McDonald, Eileen ^a   McGinty, Emma E ^a   Shields, Wendy ^a   Barry, Colleen L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG STORAGE; DRUG USE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION DISPOSAL; MEDICATION SHARING; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACIST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG STORAGE; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979010666     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.2543     Document Type: Letter

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