Prevalence and correlates of intravenous methadone syrup administration in Adelaide, Australia

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-418

  Humeniuk, Rachel ^a   Ali, Robert ^a,b   McGregor, Catherine ^a   Darke, Shane ^b  

^a Drug & Alcohol Services South Australia   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Harms; Injecting; Methadone syrup; Prevalence; Risk taking

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SYRUP; TIME; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEROIN; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OVERDOSE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0037392909     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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