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Drug users' experiences of witnessing overdoses: what do they know and what do they need to know?

David Best, Lan-Ho Man, Michael Gossop, Alison Noble, John Strang National Addiction Centre (Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospital), Denmark Hill, London, UK
Pages 407-412 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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