Turned away from treatment: Maintenance-seeking opiate addicts at two-year follow-up

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-81

  Strang, John ^a,b   Bacchus, Loraine ^a   Howes, Samantha ^a   Watson, Penny ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2742565086     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359809008845     Document Type: Article

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