Circumstances and Witness Characteristics Associated With Overdose Fatality
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Circumstances and witness characteristics associated with overdose fatality.
STUDY OBJECTIVE Emergency physicians have an opportunity to provide overdose fatality prevention interventions to individuals at risk for experiencing or witnessing an overdose to reduce fatality. The present study uses data about the most recent overdose observed by a sample of inner-city drug users to determine the circumstances of overdose that are associated with overdose fatality. METHOD...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0196-0644
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.05.004