Analyzing the relationship between nonmedical prescription-opioid use and heroin use

Xiulu Ruan, MD; Melville Q. Wyche, III, MD; Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD

doi:10.5055/jom.2016.0315

Authors

Xiulu Ruan, MD
Melville Q. Wyche, III, MD
Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2016.0315

Keywords:

opioids, heroin, nonmedical

Abstract

No abstract

Author Biographies

Xiulu Ruan, MD

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Melville Q. Wyche, III, MD

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Alan David Kaye, MD, PhD

Professor, Program Director, and Chairman of, Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

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