Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Early Release / Vol. 60, November 1, 2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers -- United States, 1999-2008
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Overdose deaths involving opioid pain relievers (OPR), also known as opioid analgesics, have increased and now exceed deaths involving heroin and cocaine combined. This report describes the use and abuse of OPR by state.
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Cocaine Demography Drug Overdose Heroin Inappropriate Prescribing Insurance, Health, Reimbursement Insurance Carriers Pain Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Prescription Drugs Public Health Practice Substance-Related Disorders

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• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers -- United States, 1999-2008, November 1, 2011
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Subseries:
  MMWR: Early Release
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  60
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d40bfd0daaa5d1915bb09c7a770652747154bd7e2c841e62bc305910b0f73eee87f9253795e267edfea04d4df634297f253abd19f97b8db86c7be79c9c6935fb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/258500/cdc_258500_DS1.pdf
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