Alcohol consumption in heroin users, methadone-substituted and codeine-substituted patients - Frequency and correlates of use

European Addiction Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-50

  Backmund, Markus ^a   Schütz, Christian G ^b   Meyer, Kirsten ^b   Eichenlaub, Dieter ^b   Soyka, Michael ^b  

^a Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcohol; Co abuse; Dihydrocodeine; Heroin; Methadone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; OPIATE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CODEINE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHADONE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037261391     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067733     Document Type: Article

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