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Prescription Opioid Use among Adults with Mental Health Disorders in the United States

Matthew A. Davis, Lewei A. Lin, Haiyin Liu and Brian D. Sites
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2017, 30 (4) 407-417; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2017.04.170112
Matthew A. Davis
From the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (MAD), the School of Nursing (MAD, HL), the Institute for Social Research (MAD), and the Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry (LAL), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and the Department of Anesthesiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (BDS).
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Lewei A. Lin
From the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (MAD), the School of Nursing (MAD, HL), the Institute for Social Research (MAD), and the Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry (LAL), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and the Department of Anesthesiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (BDS).
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Haiyin Liu
From the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (MAD), the School of Nursing (MAD, HL), the Institute for Social Research (MAD), and the Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry (LAL), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and the Department of Anesthesiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (BDS).
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From the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (MAD), the School of Nursing (MAD, HL), the Institute for Social Research (MAD), and the Addiction Center, Department of Psychiatry (LAL), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and the Department of Anesthesiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (BDS).
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