Recruiting opiate users to a randomized controlled trial in primary care: A descriptive study of GP attitudes

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 106-115

  Sheard, Laura ^a   Tompkins, Charlotte ne ^a   Wright, Nat mj ^b   Adams, Clive E ^c  

^a Leeds North East Primary Care Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Research in Primary Care   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

general practitioners; opiate detoxification; primary care; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846586081     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423606pc274oa     Document Type: Article

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