The incidence and characteristics of volatile substance use related ambulance attendances in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 776-783

  Cvetkovski, Stefan ^a   Dietze, Paul ^a,b  

^a TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^b Health Services Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulance attendance; Australia; Heroin; Melbourne; Volatile substance use

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH WORK; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 37248999454     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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