Patterns of alcohol use among methadone clients in a glasgow housing estate

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-154

  Lowe, Ed ^a   Shewan, David ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Ethnography; Methadone; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033035410     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.1999.10471737     Document Type: Article

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