09-18-2007, 10:50 PM
Trends analysis of drug poisoning deaths has helped explain a national epidemic of overdose deaths in the USA that began in the 1990s, concludes Leonard Paulozzi and colleagues at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, USA. The contribution of prescription pain killers to the epidemic has only become clear recently. This research is published this week in the journal, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.
Posted on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...180821.htm
Posted on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT at http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...180821.htm