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Original Article

Prescription opioid use and non-fatal overdose in a cohort of injection drug users

Stephanie LakeBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, ;School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, and
, BHSc,
Evan WoodBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, ;Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
, MD, PhD,
Jane BuxtonSchool of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, and
, MBBS, MHSc,
Huiru DongBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC,
, MSc,
Julio MontanerBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, ;Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada
, MD &
Thomas KerrBritish Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, ;Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD
Pages 257-263 | Received 03 Sep 2014, Accepted 09 Dec 2014, Published online: 20 Feb 2015

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Mary Clare Kennedy, Thomas Kerr, Kora DeBeck, Huiru Dong, M.-J. Milloy, Evan Wood & Kanna Hayashi. (2016) Seeking prescription opioids from physicians for nonmedical use among people who inject drugs in a Canadian setting. The American Journal on Addictions 25:4, pages 275-282.
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