Heroin-related deaths-identifying a window for intervention

Basak Tas; Rebecca McDonald

doi:10.1111/add.13467

Heroin-related deaths-identifying a window for intervention

Basak Tas, Rebecca McDonald

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Abstract

Darke & Duflou’s analysis of survival times in heroinrelated deaths highlights the importance of timely overdose detection and naloxone administration. Future research should consider new technology for early overdose detection, application of their analysis to overdose from other opioids and clearer understanding of physical health comorbidities on time to death.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1614-1615
Number of pages	2
Journal	Addiction
Volume	111
Issue number	9
Early online date	12 Aug 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/add.13467
Publication status	Published - 1 Sept 2016

Keywords

Comorbidity
Drug-related deaths
Heroin
Naloxone
Opioid
Overdose

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Heroin-related deaths-identifying a window for intervention

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