Community pharmacy services for drug misusers in Scotland: What difference does 5 years make?

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1405-1411

  Matheson, C ^a,b   Bond, C M ^a   Pitcairn, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community pharmacy; Drug misuse; Methadone dispensing; Needle exchange

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG MISUSE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; METHADONE TREATMENT; NEEDLE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; SYRINGE;

COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCOTLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036846278     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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