The effects of offering free treatment to street-recruited opioid injectors

Addiction

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 697-704

  Kwiatkowski, Carol F ^a   Booth, Robert E ^b   Lloyd, Laura V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DRUG COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034109762     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2000.9556975.x     Document Type: Article

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