Young people with heroin dependence: Findings from the Australian Treatment Outcome Study (ATOS)

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-73

  Mills, Katherine L ^a   Teesson, Maree ^a   Darke, Shane ^a   Ross, Joanne ^a   Lynskey, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ATOS; Dependence; Heroin; Treatment; Youth

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3042651350     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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