Peer overdose resuscitation: Multiple intervention strategies and time to response by drug users who witness overdose

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-274

  Best, David ^a   Gossop, Michael ^a   Man, Lan Ho ^a   Stillwell, Garry ^a   Coomber, Ross ^a   Strang, John ^a  

^a Police Complaints Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiple strategies; Overdose interventions; Witnessed overdose

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; OVERDOSE; PEER GROUP; RESUSCITATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036025710     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0959523021000002732     Document Type: Article

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