Long waiting period to enter methadone maintenance treatment: Relation to patient characteristics and outcome

European Addiction Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 149-152

  Peles, Einat ^a   Schreiber, Shaul ^a   Sason, Anat ^a   Adelson, Miriam ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Methadone maintenance treatment; Retention; Waiting time; Way of admission

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84857721989     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336313     Document Type: Article

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