Witnessing heroin‐related overdoses: the experiences of young injectors in San Francisco
- 11 December 2002
- Vol. 97 (12) , 1511-1516
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00210.x
Abstract
Aims Assessment of young injectors' exposure and response to others' heroin‐related overdose. Design Cross‐sectional survey. Setting San Francisco, CA, United States. Participants Nine hundred an...Keywords
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