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. 2023 Jul 6;389(1):87-88.
doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2304991. Epub 2023 Jun 21.

Fentanyl-Associated Overdose Deaths Outside the Hospital

Molly M Jeffery  1 , Maria Stevens  1 , Gail D'Onofrio  2 , Edward R Melnick  2
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Fentanyl-Associated Overdose Deaths Outside the Hospital

Molly M Jeffery et al. N Engl J Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Trends in Drug-Overdose Deaths, According to Location and Drug Type.
Shown are the number of deaths from drug overdoses per 1 million U.S. population from 2016 through 2021, a period that encompassed the years immediately before and after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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