Driving under the influence (DUI) among patients in opioid maintenance treatment (OMT): A registry-based national cohort study

Addiction

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1954-1961

  Bukten, Anne ^a   Herskedal, Aina ^a   Skurtveit, Svetlana ^a,b   Bramness, Jorgen G ^a   Clausen, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Buprenorphine; Driving under the influence (DUI); Maintenance treatment; Methadone; Opioid; Treatment engagement

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CRIME; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI); FEMALE; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALE; NORWAY; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT ENGAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BUPRENORPHINE; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI); MAINTENANCE TREATMENT; METHADONE; OPIOID; TREATMENT ENGAGEMENT;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BUPRENORPHINE; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; NORWAY; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885427296     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12275     Document Type: Article

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