Retention and illicit drug use among methadone patients in Israel: A gender comparison

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2108-2119

  Schiff, Miriam ^a   Levit, Shabtay ^a   Moreno, Rinat Cohen ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Israel; Long term retention; Methadone; Retention rate; Substance use

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; ARTICLE; BENZODIAZEPINE DEPENDENCE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SEX FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34547555634     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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