TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Temporal and geographic patterns in opioid abuse in Texas
JO  - Journal of addictive diseases
A1  - Forrester, Mathias B.
SP  - 93
EP  - 99
VL  - 31
IS  - 2
N2  - Opioid analgesic abuse is an increasing problem in the United States. All opioid analgesic abuse exposures reported to Texas poison centers during 2000-2010 were identified and annual and geographic patterns were examined. The annual number of opioid analgesic abuse cases increased 160% from 441 in 2000 to 1,145 in 2010. The proportion of total opioid analgesic exposures reported to be due to abuse increased 55% from 11.4% in 2000 to 17.8% in 2010. The opioid analgesic rate per 100,000 was highest (90.15) in northeastern Texas and lowest (27.91) in the southern part of the state.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1055-0887
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10550887.2012.665694
ID  - ref1
ER  -