Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 30-36 , 5 January 2007

A randomized controlled trial of interim methadone maintenance: 10-Month follow-up

  • Robert P. Schwartz

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    • Friends Research Institute Inc., 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103 Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 837 3977; fax: +1 410 752 4218.
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  • Jerome H. Jaffe

      Affiliations

    • University of Maryland School of Medicine, 701 W. Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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  • David A. Highfield

      Affiliations

    • Friends Research Institute Inc., 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103 Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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  • Jason M. Callaman

      Affiliations

    • Friends Research Institute Inc., 1040 Park Avenue, Suite 103 Baltimore, MD 21201, United States
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  • Kevin E. O’Grady

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of MD, College Park, MD 20742, United States

Received 24 February 2006 ,Revised 21 April 2006 ,Accepted 25 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2006.04.017

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 30-36 , 5 January 2007

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