Walking overdoses: A re-appraisal of non-fatal illicit drug overdose

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 327-352

  Fitzgerald, J ^a   Hamilton, M ^b   Dietze, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heroin; Injecting drug use; Overdose; Police; Risk; Social context

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347056887     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350009009519     Document Type: Article

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