The prescription opioid epidemic in developed versus underdeveloped countries: Is there a happy medium?

Roland N. Kaddoum, MD; Doralina L. Anghelescu, MD; Cynthia Karam; Marie T. Aouad, MD; Eveline Hitti, MD, MBA

doi:10.5055/jom.2016.0319

Authors

Roland N. Kaddoum, MD
Doralina L. Anghelescu, MD
Cynthia Karam
Marie T. Aouad, MD
Eveline Hitti, MD, MBA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5055/jom.2016.0319

Keywords:

opioid, epidemic, prescription

Abstract

No abstract

Author Biographies

Roland N. Kaddoum, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Doralina L. Anghelescu, MD

Division of Anesthesiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Cynthia Karam

Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Marie T. Aouad, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Eveline Hitti, MD, MBA

Department of Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

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