Open AccessOpioid-Associated Deaths in South Carolina, 2013-2016: A Retrospective Review
Author(s) -
Daniel Butler,
Nicholas I. Batalis
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
academic forensic pathology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.256
H-Index - 11
ISSN - 1925-3621
DOI - 10.23907/2017.054
Subject(s) - forensic pathology , medicine , opioid , retrospective cohort study , poison control , medical emergency , south carolina , emergency medicine , surgery , autopsy , political science , receptor , public administration
Rising rates of opioid abuse in the United States have generated an overdose epidemic. Particularly in the last few years, many offices across the country have seen a shift from prescription opioid toxicity to heroin, illicitly produced fentanyl, and, more recently, various fentanyl analogs.
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