Scaling up opioid dependence treatment in low-and middle-income settings

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Wu, Zunyou ^a   Clark, Nicolas ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE AGONIST;

ASIA; CHINA; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NARCOTIC DEPENDENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUNISHMENT; SCALE UP; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84873316219     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.12.110783     Document Type: Editorial

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