Defining a new approach to measuring outcomes in opioid dependence management

Heroin Addiction and Related Clinical Problems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 11-16

  Alho, Hannu ^a   Littlewood, Richard ^b   Maremmani, Icro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Appliedstrategic   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Opioid dependence management; Treatment outcomes; Universal measuring system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DELPHI STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84910157011     PISSN: 15921638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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