Integrating hepatitis services into substance abuse treatment programs: New initiatives from SAMHSA

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 96-98

  Kresina, Thomas F ^a   Hoffman, Kenneth ^a   Lubran, Robert ^a   Clark, H Westley ^a  

^a SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; HEPATITIS A VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VACCINATION; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

COUNSELING; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 34250353448     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549071220s219     Document Type: Short Survey

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