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Deaths related to the use of prescription opioids

Benedikt Fischer and Jürgen Rehm
CMAJ December 08, 2009 181 (12) 881-882; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091791
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vol. 181 no. 12 881-882
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.091791
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19969577
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  • Published online December 7, 2009.

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  1. Benedikt Fischer, PhD,
  2. Jürgen Rehm, PhD
  1. From the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addictions (Fischer), Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC; the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Fischer, Rehm), Toronto, Ont.; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Department of Psychiatry (Rehm), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; and the Technical University (Rehm), Dresden, Germany
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr. Benedikt Fischer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 2400-515 W Hastings St., Vancouver BC V6B 5K3; fax 778 782-7768; bfischer{at}sfu.ca

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