Overdose among heroin users in Sydney, Australia: I. Prevalence and correlates of non-fatal overdose

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 405-411

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVERDOSE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0029928873     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb02289.x     Document Type: Article

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