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Service Use and Barriers to Care among Heroin Users: Results from a National Survey

Orion Mowbray The University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA and the University of Michigan Department of Psychology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, M.A.,
Brian E. Perron The University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, and VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
, Ph.D.,
Amy S. B. Bohnert VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, and The University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
, Ph.D.,
Amy R. Krentzman The University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, and The University of Michigan Addiction Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
, Ph.D. &
Michael G. Vaughn School of Social Work, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Department of Public Policy Studies, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
, Ph.D.
Pages 305-310 | Published online: 02 Aug 2010

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