title: Opioids in COPD: a cause of death or a marker of illness severity?
authors: Division of Respirology, Dept of Medicine, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada nick.vozoris@utoronto.ca.|Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Dept of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Nicholas T
authors: NT
authors: Vozoris
authors: Dept of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
authors: Denis E
authors: DE
authors: O'Donnell
authors: Dept of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Division of General Internal Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Chaim M
authors: CM
authors: Bell
authors: Dept of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.|Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Sudeep S
authors: SS
authors: Gill
authors: Dept of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.|Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
authors: Paula A
authors: PA
authors: Rochon
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D015415:Biomarkers; D002423:Cause of Death; D003643:Death; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D015415:Biomarkers