Patients prescribed injectable heroin or methadone - Their opinions and experiences of treatment

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 442-449

  Sell, Louise ^a,d   Zador, Deborah ^b,c  

^a Alcohol and Drugs Northwest   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Bolton Salford Trafford Mental H   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Injectable opiate treatment

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLICE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEROIN; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1942502361     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2003.00668.x     Document Type: Review

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