Increasing access to naloxone in BC to reduce opioid overdose deaths

British Columbia Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 231-251

  Buxton, Jane A ^a   Purssell, Roy ^a   Gibson, Erin ^a   Tzemiz, Despina ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

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EID: 84862609694     PISSN: 00070556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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