A 1980 letter on the risk of opioid addiction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 376, Issue 22, 2017, Pages 2194-2195

  Leung, Pamela T M ^a   Macdonald, Erin M ^b   Stanbrook, Matthew B ^b   Dhalla, Irfan A ^c   Juurlink, David N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT RISK; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHRONIC PAIN; HISTORY; RISK;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BIBLIOMETRICS; CHRONIC PAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; RISK;

EID: 85020012506     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1700150     Document Type: Letter

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