The Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre: Reducing harm associated with heroin overdose

Critical Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-406

  van Beek, Ingrid ^a,c   Kimber, Jo ^b   Dakin, Andy ^a   Gilmour, Stuart ^b  

^a Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; NALOXONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATALITY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CENTER; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 17144416457     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590400027528     Document Type: Article

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