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The Invisible Epidemic: A Spotlight on the Opioid Crisis Among Older Adults

Canada is facing an opioid crisis, with more than 3,900 related deaths occurring in 2017. Almost 30% of those deaths were among seniors; older adults also have the highest rates of opioid hospitalization and poisoning. Despite these statistics, little is known about the specifics. A comprehensive sc...

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Autores principales: Hsieh, Jessica, McDonald, Lynn, Shnall, Adriana, Mirza, Raza, Sinha, Samir, Austen, Andrea, Watts, Laura Tamblyn, Klinger, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7740591/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.678