Mapping heroin careers: Utilising a standardised history-taking method to assess the speed of escalation of heroin using careers in a treatment-seeking cohort

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Best, David ^a   Day, Ed ^a,b   Cantillano, Vanessa ^b   Gaston, Romina Lopez ^a   Nambamali, Angela ^c   Sweeting, Ruth ^a   Keaney, Francis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

addiction careers; desistance; escalating use; heroin onset; treatment effects

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 38949154443     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230701829488     Document Type: Article

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