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. 2018 Jul 13;67(27):767-768.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6727a4.

Notes from the Field: Overdose Deaths with Carfentanil and Other Fentanyl Analogs Detected - 10 States, July 2016-June 2017

Julie O'Donnell  1 , R Matthew Gladden  1 , Christine L Mattson  1 , Mbabazi Kariisa  1
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Notes from the Field: Overdose Deaths with Carfentanil and Other Fentanyl Analogs Detected - 10 States, July 2016-June 2017

Julie O'Donnell et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Number of overdose deaths with carfentanil and any fentanyl analog detected — Ohio and nine other SUDORS states, July 2016–June 2017 Abbreviation: SUDORS = State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System. “Any fentanyl analog” includes carfentanil, so the categories are not mutually exclusive. † Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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