Patient retention in mobile and fixed-site methadone maintenance treatment

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Greenfield, Lawrence ^a   Brady, Joseph V ^b   Besteman, Karst J ^a   De Smet, Aaron ^a  

^a Substance Abuse Center   (United States)

^b Behavioural Biology Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Methadone; Mobile health services; Patient retention

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030270678     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(96)01273-2     Document Type: Article

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