Opioid substitution treatment with sublingual buprenorphine in Manipur and Nagaland in Northeast India: What has been established needs to be continued and expanded

Harm Reduction Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kumar, M Suresh ^a   Natale, Richard D ^c   Langkham, B ^d   Sharma, Charan ^d   Kabi, Rachel ^d   Mortimore, Gordon ^b,e  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b DFID   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Emmanuel Hospital Association   (India)

^e HAARP Regional Technical Coordination Unit   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BUPRENORPHINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 65349101831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7517-6-4     Document Type: Article

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