Overdose beliefs and management practices among ethnic Vietnamese heroin users in Sydney, Australia

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Maher, Lisa ^a,b   Ho, Hien T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEART DISEASE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 65649150052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-6     Document Type: Article

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