Overdose among heroin users: Evaluation of an intervention in South Australia

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 481-501

  McGregor, Catherine ^a   Ali, Robert ^a,b   Christie, Paul ^a   Darke, Shane ^b  

^a Drug & Alcohol Services South Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Heroin; Intervention; Overdose; Partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345374840     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350109141766     Document Type: Article

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