Estimated drug overdose deaths averted by North America's first medically-supervised safer injection facility

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Milloy, M J S ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b   Tyndall, Mark ^a,b   Montaner, Julio ^a,b   Wood, Evan ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYDROMORPHONE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; PENTAZOCINE;

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NORTH AMERICA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CENTER; INTOXICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OVERDOSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 54349122519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003351     Document Type: Article

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