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. 2017 Feb;34(1):80-90.
doi: 10.1177/1455072516682167. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

Health and social issues among older patients in opioid maintenance treatment in Norway

Zhanna Gaulen  1 , Silvia Eiken Alpers  1 , Siv-Elin Leirvåg Carlsen  1 , Sverre Nesvåg  2
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Health and social issues among older patients in opioid maintenance treatment in Norway

Zhanna Gaulen et al. Nordisk Alkohol Nark. 2017 Feb.
No abstract available

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Declaration of conflicting interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Mental health problems of opioid maintenance treatment patients.
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Somatic problems of opioid maintenance treatment patients over 45 years old (e-Lab).
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