Substance (Ab)use During Methadone and Naltrexone Treatment: Interest of Adequate Methadone Dosage

Journal of Maintenance in the Addictions

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-36

  Maremmani, Icro ^a   Balestri, Claudio ^b   Sbrana, Alfredo ^a   Tagliamonte, Alessandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Addiction Unit (SerT)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heroin dependence; Methadone maintenance treatment; Risk of polydrug (ab)use

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010506573     PISSN: 10911332     EISSN: 15407624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J126v02n01_03     Document Type: Article

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