Drug users' experiences of witnessing overdoses: What do they know and what do they need to know?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 407-412

  Best, David ^a,b   Man, Lan Ho ^a,b   Gossop, Michael ^a,b   Noble, Alison ^a,b   Strang, John ^a,b  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actions; Naloxone; Overdose; Personal overdose; Training; Witnessed overdose

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034551503     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713659420     Document Type: Article

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