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Children under 5 are increasingly victims of opioid epidemic, study finds

Por: ABC7 Health March 09, 2023

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It truly is striking to see, looking at this data, how different the proportions were between 2005 and 2018, said study co-author Dr. Christopher Gaw, an associate fellow at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia whose research primarily focuses on pediatric injury and poisoning.The number of deadly poisonings in this age group had been since the passage of the in 1970, when harder-to-open childproof packaging became a standard for many... + full article



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