"I am still suffering:" the dilemma of multiple recoveries in the lives of methadone maintenance patients

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-298

  Vigilant, Lee Garth ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD   (United States)

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EID: 42949110100     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170801898455     Document Type: Article

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