Strategies for preventing heroin overdose

被引:83
作者
Sporer, KA [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Med, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
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BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2003年 / 326卷 / 7386期
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10.1136/bmj.326.7386.442
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Making naloxone available in addicts' homes is one of several official or unofficial ways that are being tried out to reduce the rising toll of fatalities from heroin overdose.
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页码:442 / 444
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