Using Poison Center Exposure Calls to Predict Methadone Poisoning Deaths
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Using Poison Center Exposure Calls to Predict Methadone Poisoning Deaths
PURPOSE There are more drug overdose deaths in the Untied States than motor vehicle fatalities. Yet the US vital statistics reporting system is of limited value because the data are delayed by four years. Poison centers report data within an hour of the event, but previous studies suggested a small proportion of poisoning deaths are reported to poison centers (PC). In an era of improved electro...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041181