Generational trends in US opioid-overdose deaths

Deaths from opioid overdose in the USA have followed three distinct waves that have all affected baby boomers, generation X and millennials.

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Published in:Nature medicine Vol. 26; no. 5; pp. 651 - 652
Main Authors: Hall, Wayne, Degenhardt, Louisa, Hickman, Matthew
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.05.2020
Nature Publishing Group
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Analgesics, Opioid
Baby boomers
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Drug Overdose
Drugs
Fatalities
Humans
Infectious Diseases
Metabolic Diseases
Molecular Medicine
Narcotics
Neurosciences
News & Views
news-and-views
Opioid-Related Disorders
Opioids
Overdose
United States
United States > US
ISSN:1078-8956, 1546-170X, 1546-170X
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Summary:Deaths from opioid overdose in the USA have followed three distinct waves that have all affected baby boomers, generation X and millennials.
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ISSN:1078-8956
1546-170X
1546-170X
DOI:10.1038/s41591-020-0875-7