Addressing the opioid epidemic in the United States: Lessons from the department of veterans affairs

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 611-612

  Gellad, Walid F ^a,b   Good, Chester B ^a,b   Shulkin, David J ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESIA; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; VETERANS HEALTH; CHRONIC PAIN; GOVERNMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERAN;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CHRONIC PAIN; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PAIN MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 85019002194     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0147     Document Type: Short Survey

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