Risk markers for fatal and non-fatal prescription drug overdose: a meta-analysis

Risk markers for fatal and non-fatal prescription drug overdose: a meta-analysis

Abstract Background Drug overdose is a public health crisis in the United States, due in part to the unintended consequences of increases in prescribing of opioid analgesics. Many clinicians evaluate risk markers for opioid-related harms when prescribing opioids for chronic pain; however, more data...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joanne E. Brady, Rebecca Giglio, Katherine M. Keyes, Charles DiMaggio, Guohua Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Injury Epidemiology
Subjects:
Accidents
Analgesics
Opioid/toxicity
Drug overdose
Mortality
Prescription drugs/toxicity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40621-017-0118-7

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40621-017-0118-7

Similar Items