Methadone maintenance treatment: The balance between life-saving treatment and fatal poisonings

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 406-412

  Fugelstad, A ^a,c   Stenbacka, M ^a   Leifman, A ^a   Nylander, M ^a   Thiblin, I ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Heroin; Intoxication; Methadone; Mortality

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; RISK;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; POISONING; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33846926972     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01714.x     Document Type: Article

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