Consequences and costs of closing a publicly funded methadone maintenance clinic

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 519-536

  Alexandre, Pierre Kebreau ^a   Salome, Helena J ^a   French, Michael T ^a   Rivers, James E ^b   McCoy, Clyde B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036624766     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-6237.00098     Document Type: Article

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