Expanded access to naloxone among firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical technicians in massachusetts

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Davis, Corey S ^a   Ruiz, Sarah ^b   Glynn, Patrick ^c   Picariello, Gerald ^d   Walley, Alexander Y ^e  

^a Network for Public Health Law   (United States)

^b Bureau of Substance Abuse Services   (United States)

^c Special Investigations and Narcotics Unit Police Department   (United States)

^d Fire Department   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; POLICE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; POLICE;

EID: 84904333008     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302062     Document Type: Article

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