Quantifying the Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Overdose Deaths

Am J Public Health. 2018 Apr;108(4):500-502. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304265.

Authors

Puja Seth¹, Rose A Rudd¹, Rita K Noonan¹, Tamara M Haegerich¹

Affiliation

¹ All of the authors are with the Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Drug Overdose / mortality*
Epidemics / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders / mortality*
Prescription Drug Misuse / mortality*
United States / epidemiology