Methadone maintenance: Its future in skilled nursing facilities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-100

  Goldberg, Roy J ^a,b,c   Grabowski, Robert ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Bayberry Care Center   (United States)

^c United Odd Fellow Rebekah Home   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatrics; Methadone maintenance; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENALAPRIL; METHADONE; MULTIVITAMIN; SALBUTAMOL; STREET DRUG;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FUTUROLOGY; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHADONE TREATMENT; NURSING HOME; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; SMOKING CESSATION; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0037340326     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70283-2     Document Type: Article

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