Urine testing in methadone maintenance treatment: Applications and limitations

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 61-63

  Goldstein, Avram ^a   Brown, Byron W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Heroin; Probability; Testing frequency; Urine methadone

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0242474414     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(03)00066-7     Document Type: Note

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