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Focus On Opioid Overdose

Use of Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services during Opioid Drug Overdose Resuscitation Efforts

Steven Allan SumnerCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo
, PhD,
M. Bridget Spelke
,
Leonard Paulozzi
, MD,
David E. Sugerman
, MD,
Susan D. Hillis
, PhD &
Christina Stanley
, MD show all
Pages 220-225 | Published online: 18 Sep 2015

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