Prevalence and correlates of opiate overdose among young injection drug users in a large U.S. city.

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Published in Drug Alcohol Depend on November 15, 2006

Authors

Susan G Sherman1, Yingkai Cheng, Alexander H Kral

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street E6543, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. ssherman@jhsph.edu

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