Increases in drug and opioid-involved overdose deaths — United States, 2010-2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 50-51, 2016, Pages 1445-1452

  Rudd, Rose A ^a   Seth, Puja ^a   David, Felicita ^a   Scholl, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008235154     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm655051e1     Document Type: Article

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