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Original Article

A 12-Month Evaluation of Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes of Methadone Maintenance Program in a Rural Malaysian Sample

Pei Lin LuaCentre for Clinical and Quality of Life Studies (CCQoLS), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu, MalaysiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Nor Samira TalibCentre for Clinical and Quality of Life Studies (CCQoLS), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Pages 1100-1105 | Published online: 01 May 2012

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