Differences in Treatment Outcomes between Prescription Opioid-Dependent and Heroin-Dependent Adolescents

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 158-164

  Motamed, Mehran ^a   Marsch, Lisa A ^a,d   Solhkhah, Ramon ^a   Bickel, Warren K ^b   Badger, Gary J ^c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Adolescent; Buprenorphine; Heroin; Opioid

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349215194     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e31816b2f84     Document Type: Article

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