Alcohol and cocaine use and abuse among opioid addicts engaged in a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-70

  Maremmani, Icro ^a,b,c,g   Pani, Pier Paolo ^d   Mellini, Anna ^a   Marini, Giada ^a   Pacini, Matteo ^a,c   Pertugi, Giulio ^a,c   Lovrecic, Mercedes ^e   Shinderman, Marc S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b AU CNS   (Italy)

^c G DE LISIO INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^d AUSL 8   (Italy)

^e Inst Hlth of the Rep of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^f Center for Addictive Problems   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Cocaine abuse; Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program (MMTP)

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHADONE TREATMENT; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249101917     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v26n01_08     Document Type: Article

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