Prohibition of take-home dosages: Negative consequences on methadone maintenance treatment

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-84

  Pani, Pier Paolo ^a,b   Pirastu, Roberto ^a   Ricci, Antonia ^b   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a,b  

^a Osp Regionale per le Microcitemie   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Addiction; Heroin; Methadone; Take home dosages

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029885286     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(96)01240-9     Document Type: Article

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