The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , January 2012

Purchase and Use Patterns of Heroin Users at an Inner-city Emergency Department

This work was presented at the Society for Academic Medicine annual meeting, Washington, DC, May 2008.

  • Brigitte M. Baumann, MD, MSCE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint Address: Brigitte M. Baumann, md, msce, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cooper University Hospital, One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103
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  • Anthony Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey
    • ,
  • Jaclyn Brunner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey
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  • Michael E. Chansky, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey
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  • Nicole Thompson, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey
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  • Edwin D. Boudreaux, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey–Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey

Received 17 February 2010 ,Revised 30 April 2010 ,Accepted 13 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.06.006

The Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 93-99 , January 2012

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