A natural response to drug misuse problems: A review of drug-user treatment services of Bangladesh

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1605-1617

  Hossain, Mokerrom ^a   Ahmed, Syed Kamaluddin ^b  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United Nations Drug Control Program   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Ashram model; Bangladesh; Drug misuse; Drug user treatment; Medical model

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; PROMETHAZINE;

BANGLADESH; CONFUSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032826754     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089909039418     Document Type: Review

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