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Ambulance attendance at heroin overdose in Melbourne: the establishment of a database of Ambulance Service records

Paul M. Dietze, Stefan Cvetkovski, Greg Rumbold, Peter Miller Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Inc., Victoria, Australia
Pages 27-33 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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