Recreational drug use presentations during a large outdoor festival event: Reduction in hospital emergency department transfer where medical physicians are present

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 434-441

  Wood, David M ^a   Beaumont, Peter O ^b   May, Dan ^b   Dargan, Paul I ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b St John Ambulance Sussex   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

intervention; Recreational drug use; toxicity

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ALCOHOL; COCAINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSIC; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 78649924164     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: 14759942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14659891003762988     Document Type: Article

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