Opioid deaths in children in Ontario: A province-wide study
Fentanyl was the primary substance involved in 80% of deaths. Several potential areas of system change include education on fentanyl risk to young children, careful storage of illicit substances, and implications for how the child protection system intervenes in homes where the use of opioids and illicit substance use is reported to occur.
Authors
- Katrina Assen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2688-1630)
- Michael Rieder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-2873)
- Elizabeth Urbantke
- Michael Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3126-7034)
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Paediatrics & Child Health
- Published
- 2024-10-10
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxae064
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54