Drug problems dealt with by 62 London casualty departments. A preliminary report.
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- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
- Vol. 30 (4) , 251-256
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech.30.4.251
Abstract
A study of the whole spectrum of drug incidents dealt with in one month by 62 casualty departments in the Greater London area was carried out in the summer of 1975. Apart from demonstrating the large number of such incidents, this preliminary report presents an analysis of the drugs responsible for these episodes, basic demographic characteristics of the drug users, and an estimate of the contribution of drug dependence.Keywords
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