Patterns and Characteristics of Ambulance Attendance at Heroin Overdose at a Local-Area Level in Melbourne, Australia: Implications for Service Provision

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 248-260

  Dietze, Paul ^a,b   Jolley, Damien ^b   Cvetkovski, Stefan ^a  

^a Turning Point Alcohol Drug Ctr Inc   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heroin use; Need; Nonfatal heroin overdose; Service planning

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; INTOXICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVERDOSE; POLICE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 0042978837     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jurban/jtg028     Document Type: Article

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