Peer navigation and take-home naloxone for opioid overdose emergency department patients: Preliminary patient outcomes.

J Subst Abuse Treat

Department of Emergency Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 55 Claverick Street, Suite 100, Providence, RI 02903, USA; Injury Prevention Center, Rhode Island Hospital, 55 Claverick Street, 2nd Floor, Providence, RI 02903, USA.

Published: November 2018

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