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Editorial Note: Drug prescriptions preceding opioid-related deaths–a register study in forensic autopsy patients

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The PLOS One Editors issue this Editorial Note because this article [1] was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about aspects of the peer review process. Readers are advised to be aware of these peer review concerns when considering the article [1]. The article’s contents and findings were not assessed or questioned by the Editors as part of the investigation.

The Editors do not have concerns regarding the authors’ contributions to peer review.

Reference

  1. 1. Walde J, Andersson L, Johnson B, Håkansson A. Drug prescriptions preceding opioid-related deaths-a register study in forensic autopsy patients. PLoS One. 2023;18(5):e0285583. pmid:37256903

Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2026) Editorial Note: Drug prescriptions preceding opioid-related deaths–a register study in forensic autopsy patients. PLoS One 21(6): e0352381. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0352381

Published: June 25, 2026

Copyright: © 2026 The PLOS One Editors. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.