Correlates of benzodiazepine abuse in methadone maintenance treatment. A 1 year prospective study in an Israeli clinic

Addiction

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1533-1540

  Bleich, Avi ^b   Gelkopf, Marc ^a   Schmidt, Vladimir ^b   Hayward, Rachel ^b   Bodner, Gershon ^b   Adelson, Miriam ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRISON; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; UNEMPLOYMENT; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0032868785     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.941015339.x     Document Type: Article

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