Emergency naloxone for heroin overdose

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7569, 2006, Pages 614-615

  Strang, John ^a   Kelleher, Michael ^a   Best, David ^a   Mayet, Soraya ^a   Manning, Victoria ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; NALOXONE;

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG TOLERANCE; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 33749016791     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7569.614     Document Type: Editorial

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