Overdose among heroin users in Sydney, Australia: II. Responses to overdose

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 413-417

  Darke, Shane ^a   Ross, Joanne ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVERDOSE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029916492     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb02290.x     Document Type: Article

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