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Methadone maintenance treatment and mortality in people with criminal convictions: A population-based retrospective cohort study from Canada

BACKGROUND: Individuals with criminal histories have high rates of opioid dependence and mortality. Excess mortality is largely attributable to overdose deaths. Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is one of the best evidence-based opioid substitution treatments (OSTs), but there is uncertainty abo...

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Autores principales: Russolillo, Angela, Moniruzzaman, Akm, Somers, Julian M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6067717/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30063699
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002625