The identification and treatment of opiate users in police custody

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 305-312

  Pearson, Richard ^a,b   Robertson, Graham ^a   Gibb, Robert ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPIATE ADDICTION; POLICE; PRISONER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; POLICE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0034303387     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580240004000405     Document Type: Article

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