Overdose deaths related to fentanyl and its analogs - Ohio, January-February 2017

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 66, Issue 34, 2017, Pages 904-908

  Daniulaityte, Raminta ^a   Juhascik, Matthew P ^b   Strayer, Kraig E ^c   Sizemore, Ioana E ^c   Harshbarger, Kent E ^b   Antonides, Heather M ^b   Carlson, Robert R ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montgomery County Coroner's Office   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OHIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; STREET DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85029148468     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6634a3     Document Type: Article

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