Addressing the fentanyl threat to public health

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 605-607

  Frank, Richard G ^a   Pollack, Harold A ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; COUNTERFEIT DRUG; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; MIDOMAFETAMINE; NALOXONE; OXYCODONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; STREET DRUG;

AWARENESS; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; DRUG CONTROL; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREET DRUGS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013499524     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1615145     Document Type: Review

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