Opioid overdose prevention programs providing naloxone to laypersons — United States, 2014

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 631-635

  Wheeler, Eliza ^a   Jones, T Stephen ^b   Gilbert, Michael K ^c   Davidson, Peter J ^d  

^a Drug Overdose Prevention and Education (DOPE) Project   (United States)

^b T Stephen Jones Public Health Consulting   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMANS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931827775     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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