The cause of the Australian heroin shortage: Time to reconsider?

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 623-625

  Wood, Evan ^a,b   Stoltz, Jo Anne ^a   Li, Kathy ^a   Montaner, Julio ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MARKETING; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NOTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

EID: 33645967787     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01478.x     Document Type: Note

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