Characteristics of persons who inject drugs and who witness opioid overdoses in Vietnam: a cross-sectional analysis to inform future overdose prevention programs

• Main Authors: N.A. Blackburn (Author), K.E. Lancaster (Author), T.V. Ha (Author), C.A. Latkin (Author), W.C. Miller (Author), C. Frangakis (Author), V.A. Chu (Author), T. Sripaipan (Author), V.M. Quan (Author), N.L. Minh (Author), P.T. Vu (Author), V.F. Go (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Persons who use opioids have a high risk of overdose and associated mortality. In Vietnam, little is known about the characteristics of this population and the persons who are witness to those overdoses. One approach to combatting fatal overdose has been the use of peer intervent...