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Illicit drug use and injection practices among drug users on methadone and buprenorphine maintenance treatment in France

Anne Guichard, France Lert, Christine Calderon, Hind Gaigi, Olivier Maguet, Jérôme Soletti, Jean‐Marc Brodeur, Lucie Richard, Mike Benigeri, Marı́a Victoria Zunzunegui

Addiction · 2003 · 54 citations · 51 references

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Abstract

Further studies comparing the benefits of these two types of treatment should be carried out, taking outcomes such as physical health, mental health and social functioning into consideration.

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