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Estimating the health care burden of prescription opioid abuse in five European countries

BACKGROUND: Opioid abuse, including abuse of prescription opioids (“RxOs”) and illicit substances like heroin, is a serious public health issue in Europe. Currently, there is limited data on the magnitude of RxO abuse in Europe, despite increasing public and scientific interest in the issue. The pur...

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Autores principales: Shei, Amie, Hirst, Matthew, Kirson, Noam Y, Enloe, Caroline J, Birnbaum, Howard G, Dunlop, William C N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4577260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26396536
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S85213