Prevalence and pattern of benzodiazepine abuse and dependence among patients in a methadone detoxification programme: A repeated cross-sectional analysis (Benzodiazepine abuse among opiate addicts)

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-64

  Oyefeso, Adenekan ^a   Ghodse, Hamid ^a   Williams, Hugh ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Benzodiazepines; Dependence; Methadone treatment; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742589260     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359609005563     Document Type: Article

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