Accidental overdose among injecting drug users in dorset, UK

Addiction

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1179-1189

  Bennett, Gerald A ^a   Higgins, David S ^a  

^a DORSET HEALTHCARE UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; RESUSCITATION; RISK; TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKSHOP;

EID: 0032819627     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.94811798.x     Document Type: Article

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