title: Characteristics of opioid prescriptions in 2009.
authors.affiliation: National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. nvolkow@nida.nih.gov
authors.forename: Nora D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Volkow
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: McLellan
authors.forename: Jessica H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Cotto
authors.forename: Meena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karithanom
authors.forename: Susan R B
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders; D010594:Pharmacies / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid