Ability to Remain Abstinent After Methadone Detoxification: A Six-Year Study

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 237, Issue 12, 1977, Pages 1216-1220

  Stimmel, Barry ^a   Goldberg, Judith ^a   Rotkopf, Edith ^a   Cohen, Murry ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

DETOXIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; METHADONE; NEW YORK CITY; RECURRENCE; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0017335796     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1977.03270390032021     Document Type: Article

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