Prior prescription opioid misuse in a cohort of heroin users in a treatment study
This study investigates prior prescription opioid misuse in a cohort of heroin users whose progress was tracked in a treatment study conducted in the US from 2006 to 2010. Half of the sample misused prescription opioids (“other opiates/analgesics”) prior to their onset of heroin misuse (POBs). We fo...
Main Authors: | Michael Fendrich, Jessica Becker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-12-01
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Series: | Addictive Behaviors Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352853218300117 |
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