Risk of Injury Associated with Opioid Use in Older Adults

  1. David Buckeridge MD, PhD,
  2. Allen Huang MD, CM,
  3. James Hanley PhD,
  4. Armel Kelome PhD,
  5. Kristen Reidel BSc,
  6. Aman Verma MSc,
  7. Nancy Winslade PharmD, MSc,
  8. Robyn Tamblyn PhD

Article first published online: 2 SEP 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03015.x

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Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 58, Issue 9, pages 1664–1670, September 2010

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Buckeridge, D., Huang, A., Hanley, J., Kelome, A., Reidel, K., Verma, A., Winslade, N. and Tamblyn, R. (2010), Risk of Injury Associated with Opioid Use in Older Adults. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58: 1664–1670. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03015.x

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  1. From the Departments of *Epidemiology and Biostatistics, †Medicine, and ‡Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal Quebec, Canada.

*Address correspondence to Robyn Tamblyn, McGill University, Morrice House, 1140 Pine Ave W., Montreal Quebec, Canada H3A 1A3. E-mail: robyn.tamblyn@mcgill.ca

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