Suicide deaths with opioid poisoning in the United States: 1999-2014

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 421-426

  Braden, Jennifer Brennan ^a,c   Edlund, Mark J ^b   Sullivan, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c Valley Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 85020625470     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303591     Document Type: Review

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