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Article de Périodique
Toxicosurveillance in the US opioid epidemic (2017)
Auteur(s) :
LUCYK, S. N. ;
NELSON, L. S.
Année
2017
Page(s) :
168-171
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Thésaurus mots-clés
SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE
;
TOXICOLOGIE
;
OPIOIDES
;
HEROINE
;
ANALGESIQUES
;
SURDOSE
;
FENTANYL
Résumé :
The opioid epidemic presents an ever-changing epidemiological, clinical, and forensic landscape that poses a significant challenge to regulators and legislators. Heroin is a long-standing contributor to opioid related death, but its use and consequences have markedly escalated over the past 20 years. US national surveillance mortality data suggests heroin deaths have more than quintupled since 2000, with 10,574 deaths reported in 2014 (Compton, Jones, & Baldwin, 2016). Changes in the heroin marketplace including increased purity, increased availability, and adulteration with synthetic opioids, specifically fentanyl and its congeners, contribute to its toxicity. [Extract]
Affiliation :
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Cote :
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