Presentation of Prescription and Nonprescription Opioid Overdoses to US Emergency Departments
Open Access
- 1 December 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Internal Medicine
- Vol. 174 (12) , 2034-2037
Abstract
Opioid overdose is a leading cause of injury-related mortality in the United States.1,2 However, little is known nationally regarding the characteristics of opioid overdose presentations to emergency departments (EDs).Keywords
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