[Temporary approval for intranasal naloxone: Setting up in a French addiction center]

Thomas Barré1, Florence Vorspan2, Maeva Fortias1

  • 1Département de psychiatrie et de médecine addictologique, hôpital Fernand Widal, AP-HP, 200, rue du faubourg-Saint-Denis, 75010 Paris, France.

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|April 23, 2018
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