A comparison of blood toxicology of heroin-related deaths and current heroin users in Sydney, Australia

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-53

  Darke, Shane ^a   Sunjic, Sandra ^b   Zador, Deborah ^c   Prolov, Tania ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^d New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood toxicology; Heroin; Sydney

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG OVERDOSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MORPHINE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OVERDOSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0030873830     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)00070-7     Document Type: Article

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