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Fatal opioid overdoses during and shortly after hospital admissions in England: A case-crossover study

BACKGROUND: Hospital patients who use illicit opioids such as heroin may use drugs during an admission or leave the hospital in order to use drugs. There have been reports of patients found dead from drug poisoning on the hospital premises or shortly after leaving the hospital. This study examines w...

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Autores principales: Lewer, Dan, Eastwood, Brian, White, Martin, Brothers, Thomas D., McCusker, Martin, Copeland, Caroline, Farrell, Michael, Petersen, Irene
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8491890/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34610017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003759