title: Commentary on Degenhardt et al. (2014): Regional variation in the global burden of disease attributable to opioid dependence-where do the data come from and does population size matter?
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA, USA. yhser@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Yih-Ing
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Hser
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011156:Population Density; D018570:Risk Assessment; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Burden of disease; disability; global epidemiology; mortality; opioid dependence; regional variation