Alcohol Use among Persons on Methadone Treatment

Affiliations

¹ British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6Z 1Y6; School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Coombe Healthcare Centre, Dolphins barn, Dublin 8, Ireland.
² British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6Z 1Y6.
³ British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6Z 1Y6; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6Z 1Y6.

Jan Klimas et al. Addict Disord Their Treat. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;16(1):36-37.

doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000091.

¹ British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6Z 1Y6; School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Coombe Healthcare Centre, Dolphins barn, Dublin 8, Ireland.
² British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6Z 1Y6.
³ British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6Z 1Y6; Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V6Z 1Y6.

No abstract available

Keywords: alcohol; heroin; longitudinal study; methadone maintenance treatment; mortality.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None reported.

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