Estimating the prevalence of problem opioid use in Copenhagen 1997-1998

Danish Medical Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-116

  Ishøy, Torben ^a,d   Haastrup, Lene ^b   Hay, Gordon ^c  

^a Department of Social Medicine ^*  (Denmark)

^b Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DENMARK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 4344601971     PISSN: 09078916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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