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Ghosh, Tista https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8831-0940
Bol, Kirk
Butler, Maria
Gabella, Barbara
Kingcade, Andrea
Kaplan, Gabriel
Myers, Lindsey
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (5 NU17CE002719-03-00)
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Article History
Received: 11 February 2020
Accepted: 13 July 2020
First Online: 22 July 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Colorado state law allows the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to collect detailed mortality data and conduct population-level analyses of the Colorado Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, Colorado’s vital statistics (death certificate) data, and National Violent Death Reporting System data for public health purposes. Institutional Review Board approval was not obtained or needed, as this was not a research study but an epidemiologic investigation into a major public health issue affecting the state.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
