Heroin addicts in the community and in treatment compared for severity of problems and need for help

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1313-1330

  Eland Goossensen, Anne ^a   Van De Goor, Ien A M ^a   Garretsen, Henk F L ^a  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community; Help seeking; Heroin addicts; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0030930651     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709039380     Document Type: Article

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