Opioid Deaths in Construction

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• Corporate Authors:
  CPWR--The Center for Construction Research and Training ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Construction work can result in painful injuries that are sometimes treated with prescription opioids. One in four people prescribed opioids for long-term pain become addicted* and opioid-related deaths are on the rise.
  
  publications_TT-Opioids.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Construction Industry Drug Overdose/mortality Occupational Injuries/drug Therapy Opioid-Related Disorders
• Series:
  CPWR - Center for Construction Research and Training Publications
• Subseries:
  Toolbox Talk
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  cooperative agreement OH 009762
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059150 ; nn:20065580
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2d501af0f7e54804c8a4031cbfb427d99a64ecee0f19c54eb6e1557dc428f527861bf69564427c647a18d3177ace68107f42e73b03496494affd569daf4b9a6e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/98136/cdc_98136_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 661.51 KB ]