Who should collect opiate treatment index data in opiate treatment outcome monitoring: Clinic staff or researchers?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-71

  Adelekan, Moruf ^a,c   Metrebian, Nicky ^a,d   Tallack, Fenella ^b   Stimson, Gerry V ^a,d   Shanahan, William ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Riverside Mental Hlth Trust S   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^d Ctr Res Drugs and Hlth Behaviour   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Opiate Treatment Index; Opioid treatment; Outcome monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030548765     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239600185681     Document Type: Article

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