The health and development of children whose mothers are on methadone maintenance

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Burns, E Claire ^a   O’Driscoll, Margaret ^b   Wason, Gem ^c  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c The Chelsea and Westminster Drug Treatment Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth, development, methadone, drug abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344278502     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199605)5:2<113::AID-CAR247>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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