Health service utilization and benzodiazepine use among heroin users: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS)

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1129-1135

  Darke, Shane ^b   Ross, Joanne ^b   Teesson, Maree ^b   Lynskey, Michael ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Health; Heroin; Pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAMORPHINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSULTATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BENZODIAZEPINES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042704861     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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