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Original Article

A Low Threshold Methadone Stabilisation Programme–Description and First Stage Evaluation

Emily Finch Department of Psychiatry, UCL Medical School, Wolfson Building, Riding House Street, London, WIN 8AA
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Ian Groves University College Hospital Drug Dependence Clinic, National Temperance Hospital, 122, Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3LT
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Charlotte Feinmann Department of Psychiatry, UCL Medical School, Wolfson Building, Riding House Street, London, WIN 8AA
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Roger Farmer University College Hospital Drug Dependence Clinic, National Temperance Hospital, 122, Hampstead Road, London, NW1 3LT
Pages 63-71 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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