Methadone maintenance treatment: Outcomes from the Otago Methadone Programme

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1100, 1999, Pages 442-445

  Dore, Glenys M ^a,c   Walker, Jocelyn D ^b   Paice, Jean R ^b   Clarkson, Sylvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HealthCare Otago   (New Zealand)

^c Kobi Clinic   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; OPIATE ADDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; NEW ZEALAND; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033607711     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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