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Increasing Exposure of Young Children to Illicit Fentanyl in the United States

Courtney Temple, Robert G. Hendrickson

2024New England Journal of Medicine22 citationsDOI

Abstract

Reported exposures to illicit fentanyl in children younger than 6 years of age in the United States have increased by a factor of 100 during the past decade.

Topics & Concepts

FentanylMedicineEnvironmental healthCriminologyPsychologyPolitical scienceAnesthesiaOpioid Use Disorder TreatmentPediatric Pain Management TechniquesPrenatal Substance Exposure Effects