Heroin addiction--a metabolic disease.
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چکیده
THE METHADONE Maintenance Research Program began three years ago with pharmacological studies conducted on the metabolic ward of the Rockefeller University Hospital. Only six addict patients were treated during the first year, but the results of this work were sufficiently impressive to justify the trial of maintenance treatment of heroin addicts admitted to open medical wards of general hospitals in the city.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of internal medicine
دوره 120 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1967