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- Title
Rate of methadone use among Aboriginal opioid injection drug users.
- Authors
Wood, Evan; Montaner, Julio S; Li, Kathy; Barney, Lucy; Tyndall, Mark W; Kerr, Thomas
- Abstract
Previous studies have shown elevated rates of health-related harms among Aboriginal people who use injection drugs such as heroin. Methadone maintenance therapy is one of the most effective interventions to address the harms of heroin injection. We assessed the rate of methadone use in a cohort of opioid injection drug users in Vancouver and investigated whether methadone use was associated with Aboriginal ethnic background.
- Publication
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, 2007, Vol 177, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
1488-2329
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1503/cmaj.070105