Understanding Americans' views on opioid pain reliever abuse

Addiction

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 85-93

  Barry, Colleen L ^a,b   Kennedy Hendricks, Alene ^a   Gollust, Sarah E ^c   Niederdeppe, Jeff ^d   Bachhuber, Marcus A ^b,e   Webster, Daniel W ^a   Mcginty, Emma E ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Opioid analgesics; Policy; Public opinion; Substance abuse; Surveys

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989774189     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13077     Document Type: Article

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