Heroin dependence in the Russian Federation: The current situation

Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-23

  Kozlov, Alexander A ^a   Perelygin, Vladimir V ^b   Rohlina, Maya L ^b   Vyshinsky, Konstantin V ^b  

^a Federal Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drug addiction complications; Epidemiology of drug addiction; Russian Federation; Substitution therapy

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INHALANT ABUSE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

EID: 33646167488     PISSN: 15921638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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