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Six-month retention and changes in quality of life and substance use from a low-threshold methadone maintenance therapy programme in Durban, South Africa
BACKGROUND: Emerging data points to a potential heroin use epidemic in South Africa. Despite this, access to methadone maintenance therapy and other evidence-based treatment options remains negligible. We aimed to assess retention, changes in substance use and quality of life after 6 months on metha...
Autores principales: | Scheibe, Andrew, Shelly, Shaun, Gerardy, Tara, von Homeyer, Zara, Schneider, Andrea, Padayachee, Kalvanya, Naidoo, Shalon Balaguru, Mtshweni, Klaas, Matau, Ayanda, Hausler, Harry, Marks, Monique |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7035721/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085807 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13722-020-00186-7 |
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