Prescriptions, Nonmedical Use, and Emergency Department Visits Involving Prescription Stimulants
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Emergency department visits involving nonmedical use of selected prescription drugs - United States, 2004-2008.
Rates of overdose deaths involving prescription drugs increased rapidly in the United States during 1999-2006. However, such mortality data do not portray the morbidity associated with prescription drug overdoses. Data from emergency department (ED) visits can represent this morbidity and can be accessed more quickly than mortality data. To better understand recent national trends in drug-relat...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0160-6689
DOI: 10.4088/jcp.14m09291