Illicit opioid use and its key characteristics: a select overview and evidence from a Canadian multisite cohort of illicit opioid users (OPICAN).

scientific article published on September 2006

Illicit opioid use and its key characteristics: a select overview and evidence from a Canadian multisite cohort of illicit opioid users (OPICAN). is …
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P356DOI10.1177/070674370605101002
P698PubMed publication ID17052030

P50authorJürgen RehmQ59708828
P2093author name stringBenedikt Fischer
Michelle Firestone Cruz
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P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectopioidQ427523
P304page(s)624-634
P577publication date2006-09-01
P1433published inCanadian Journal of PsychiatryQ5030253
P1476titleIllicit opioid use and its key characteristics: a select overview and evidence from a Canadian multisite cohort of illicit opioid users (OPICAN).
P478volume51

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