Drug Overdose Deaths: Let's Get Specific.
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aUniversity of Kentucky, College of Public Health, Lexington, KY bNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY cNorth Carolina Division of Public Health, Raleigh, NC dKansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, KS eUtah Department of Health Violence and Injury Prevention Program, Salt Lake City, UT fMaryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD gMassachusetts Department for Public Health, Boston, MA hMichigan Department of Community Health, Bureau of Disease Control, Prevention, and Epidemiology, Division of Environmental Health, Lansing, MI
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Public health reports
دوره 130 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015