Worldwide Prevalence and Trends in Unintentional Drug Overdose: A Systematic Review of the Literature.

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  2015

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  American Journal of Public Health

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  Medicine

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  DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302843aPMID 26451757PMCID PMC4605171
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