Purchase and use patterns of heroin users at an inner-city emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-99

  Baumann, Brigitte M ^a   Mazzarelli, Anthony ^a   Brunner, Jaclyn ^a   Chansky, Michael E ^a   Thompson, Nicole ^a   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; heroin; homeless persons

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG TRAFFIC; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURCHASING; SUBURBAN AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84856093359     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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