Strategies for reducing opioid-overdose deaths — Lessons from Canada

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 378, Issue 17, 2018, Pages 1565-1567

  Wood, Evan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; METHADONE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

CANADA; CLINICAL SUPERVISION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG PROGRAM; DRUG TRAFFIC; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICATION OVERUSE; MORTALITY RATE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; DRUG CONTROL; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; MORTALITY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85046092838     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1800216     Document Type: Review

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