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Original Article

Barriers to, and incentives for, the transfer of opioid-dependent people on methadone maintenance treatment from secondary care to primary health care

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Pages 178-184 | Received 17 Oct 2006, Accepted 31 May 2007, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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