Scaling-up interim methadone maintenance: Treatment for 1,000 heroin-addicted individuals

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 362-367

  Schwartz, Robert P ^a,b   Jaffe, Jerome H ^a,c   O'Grady, Kevin E ^d   Das, Babita ^e   Highfield, David A ^a   Wilson, Monique E ^a  

^a FRIENDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Open Society Institute Baltimore   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heroin addiction; Interim methadone; Methadone treatment

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALE UP;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 70350142439     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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