Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 50-57, 1 September 2010

Effectiveness of diacetylmorphine versus methadone for the treatment of opioid dependence in women

  • Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes

      Affiliations

    • School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: St. Paul's Hospital, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6. Tel.: +1 604 682 2344x62973; fax: +1 604 806 8210.
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  • Daphne Guh

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
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  • Suzanne Brissette

      Affiliations

    • Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Hôpital Saint-Luc, CHUM Montréal, QC, Canada H2X 3J4
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  • Kirsten Marchand

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
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  • David Marsh

      Affiliations

    • School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2A1
    • Vancouver Coastal Health & Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Centre for Addiction Treatment BC, University of Victoria, 2300 McKenzie Ave, Victoria, BC, Canada V8P 5C2
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  • Jill Chettiar

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
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  • Bohdan Nosyk

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
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  • Michael Krausz

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 2A1
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  • Aslam Anis

      Affiliations

    • School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
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  • Martin T. Schechter

      Affiliations

    • School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
    • Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Providence Health Care, 620-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6

Received 22 October 2009; received in revised form 16 March 2010; accepted 16 March 2010.

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PII: S0376-8716(10)00137-7

doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.03.016

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 50-57, 1 September 2010