Are detoxification programmes effective?

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 8994, 1996, Pages 97-100

  Mattick, Richard P ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CLONIDINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; NALOXONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INSOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL MEDICINE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030027498     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90215-9     Document Type: Article

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