Erratum to: Agonist Opioid Treatment as historical comprehensive treatment (‘Dole & Nyswander’ methodology) is associated with better toxicology outcome than Harm Reduction Treatment
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1186/s12991-016-0109-z.].
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The newer Opioid Agonist Treatment with lower substitutive opiate doses is associated with better toxicology outcome than the older Harm Reduction Treatment
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