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. 2020 Mar 13;69(10):271-273.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6910a4.

Notes from the Field: Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths with Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogs Detected - 28 States and the District of Columbia, July 2016-December 2018

Julie O'Donnell, R Matt Gladden, Bruce A Goldberger, Christine L Mattson, Mbabazi Kariisa

Notes from the Field: Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths with Fentanyl or Fentanyl Analogs Detected - 28 States and the District of Columbia, July 2016-December 2018

Julie O'Donnell et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Number of opioid-involved overdose deaths with fentanyl or the five most common fentanyl analogs detected — State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System, 10 states, July 2016–December 2018 * Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin.
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