Patterns and incidence of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)-related ambulance attendances in Melbourne, Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 709-711

  Dietze, Paul M ^a,b   Cvetkovski, Stefan ^c   Barratt, Monica J ^d   Clemens, Susan ^c  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; DIAMORPHINE; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ADDICTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTOXICATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OVERDOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM OXYBATE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VICTORIA;

EID: 48249151118     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01851.x     Document Type: Article

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