Open AccessThe impact of harm-reduction-based methadone treatment on mortality among heroin users
Author(s) -
Miranda Langendam,
G H van Brussel,
R A Coutinho,
Erik JC van Ameijden
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.91.5.774
Subject(s) - methadone , medicine , harm reduction , heroin , poisson regression , methadone maintenance , cohort , cohort study , confidence interval , drug overdose , prospective cohort study , emergency medicine , demography , psychiatry , public health , poison control , environmental health , population , drug , sociology , nursing
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of harm-reduction-based methadone programs on mortality among heroin users.
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