Police officer attitudes towards intranasal naloxone training

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-110

  Ray, Bradley ^a   O'Donnell, Daniel ^b   Kahre, Kailyn ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Law enforcement; Naloxone; Opioid; Opioid overdose attitudes scale (OOAS); Overdose; Police

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; OUTCOME OF EDUCATION; POLICE; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE; DRUG OVERDOSE; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ATTITUDE; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; POLICE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING;

EID: 84922383407     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.10.026     Document Type: Article

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