Methadone treatment in the Scottish context: Outcomes of a community-based service for drug users in Lothian

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-55

  Peters, Andy D ^a,b   Reid, Margaret M ^a  

^a Community Drug Problems Service ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Fife   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crime; HIV risk behaviour; Injecting; Methadone treatment outcomes; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032033332     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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