Nonmedical opioid prescription use among transgender girls, young women

What The Study Did:

This observational study looked at how common nonmedical prescription opioid use was among transgender girls and young women and risk factors associated with it.

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Arjee J. Restar, M.P.H., of the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, Rhode Island, is the corresponding author.

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