Non-medical use of prescription opioids is associated with heroin initiation among US veterans: a prospective cohort study

Addiction (Abingdon, England)

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2021-2031

  Banerjee, Geetanjoli ^a   Edelman, E Jennifer ^b,c   Barry, Declan T ^b,d   Becker, William C ^e   Cerdá, Magdalena ^f   Crystal, Stephen ^g   Gaither, Julie R ^b,c   Gordon, Adam J ^h   Gordon, Kirsha S ^e   Kerns, Robert D ^c,e   Martins, Silvia S ⁱ   Fiellin, David A ^b,c   Marshall, Brandon D L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Yale University School of Medicine New Haven CT USA ^*

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Yale Center for Medical Informatics Yale School of Medicine New Haven CT USA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Heroin; longitudinal study; non medical prescription drug use; opioid related disorders; polysubstance use; veterans

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84990235097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13491     Document Type: Article

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