From salt injection to naloxone: Accuracy and myths in peer resuscitation methods for opiate overdose

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1103-1114

  Beswick, Tracy ^a   Best, David ^b   Bearn, Jenny ^b   Rees, Sian ^a   Gossop, Michael ^b   Coomber, Ross ^b   Strang, John ^b  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DETOXIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; OPIATE ADDICTION; RESUSCITATION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036767279     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260203200406     Document Type: Article

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