Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Involving Fentanyl—Rhode Island, January 2012–March 2014
Author(s) -
Melissa C. Mercado,
Steven A. Sumner,
Bridget Spelke,
Michele K. Bohm,
David E. Sugerman,
Christina Stanley
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx015
Subject(s) - medicine , fentanyl , heroin , medical examiner , drug overdose , medical prescription , buprenorphine , opioid , cause of death , emergency medicine , drug , poison control , anesthesia , injury prevention , pharmacology , disease , receptor
This study identified sociodemographic, substance use, and multiple opioid prescriber and dispenser risk factors among drug overdose decedents in Rhode Island, in response to an increase in overdose deaths (ODs) involving fentanyl.
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