Presentation of Prescription and Nonprescription Opioid Overdoses to US Emergency Departments
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Death Rates from Unintentional and Undetermined Prescription Opioid Overdoses and Dispensing Rates of Controlled Prescription Opioid Analgesics - 2011-2015.
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Internal Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2168-6106
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.5413