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Deaths from Opioid Overdosing: Implications of Coroners’ Inquest Reports 2008–2012 and Annual Rise in Opioid Prescription Rates: A Population-Based Cohort Study

INTRODUCTION: In the late 1990s multiple physicians and advocacy organizations promoted increased use of opioids for the treatment of acute, chronic and cancer pain. There has been an exponential growth in opioid prescribing in the last 20 years in the United States of America, in Australia, and in...

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Autores principales: Shipton, Elspeth E., Shipton, Ashleigh J., Williman, Jonathan A., Shipton, Edward A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5693811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28887789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40122-017-0080-7