Potential impacts on the incidence of fatal heroin-related overdose in Western Australia: a time-series analysis

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Potential impacts on the incidence of fatal heroin-related overdose in Western Australia: a time-series analysis

In response to the rising concerns about the rate of heroin-related fatalities, overdose prevention campaigns, run by both users' organizations and government agencies, have been implemented in a number of states across Australia. In Western Australia (WA) in mid-1997, various overdose preventi...

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Main Authors:	Hargreaves, K., Lenton, Simon, Phillips, M., Swensen, G.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	2002
Subjects:	drug - heroin - naloxone - drug - harm reduction - evaluation - mortality - death - fatality - time series
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31725

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