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. 2017 Oct 20;66(41):1119-1120.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6641a6.

Notes from the Field: Counterfeit Percocet-Related Overdose Cluster - Georgia, June 2017

Laura Edison, Amber Erickson, Sasha Smith, Gaylord Lopez, Stephanie Hon, Alexandra King, Nancy Nydam, J Patrick O'Neal, Cherie Drenzek

Notes from the Field: Counterfeit Percocet-Related Overdose Cluster - Georgia, June 2017

Laura Edison et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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Drug overdose emergency department visits,* — North-Central Health District, Georgia, May–June, 2017 * The figure depicts all emergency department visits that met the overdose syndrome definition. Syndromic surveillance data cannot be used to determine whether these visits met the counterfeit Percocet cluster case definition, but they can monitor trends in overdoses. The North-Central Health District consists of 13 counties in central Georgia (http://northcentralhealthdistrict.org/).
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