Predictors of methadone maintenance treatment utilization in a multisite cohort of illicit opioid users (OPICAN)

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 340-346

  Fischer, Benedikt ^a,b   Cruz, Michelle Firestone ^b   Patra, Jayadeep ^b   Rehm, Jürgen ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Institut fur Sucht und Gesundheitsforschung Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Canada; Epidemiology; Housing; Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT); Opioid use; Treatment uptake

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PERCOCET; PETHIDINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CANADA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 39849107775     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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