Under-utilisation of addiction treatment services by heroin users from ethnic minorities: Results from a cohort study over four years

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-298

  Verdurmen, Jacqueline E E ^a   Smit, Filip ^a   Toet, Jaap ^b   Van Driel, Harold F ^c   Van Ameijden, Erik J C ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^c Public Health Service of the Rotterdam Region   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Dropout; Generalised estimating equation; Heroin dependence; Participation; Treatment careers

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 2942551118     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1606635042000210347     Document Type: Article

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