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Research Article

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

Kim Hargreaves National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
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Simon Lenton National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
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Mike Phillips School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
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Greg Swensen Drug and Alcohol Office, Health Department of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
Pages 321-327 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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