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Original Article

Changes in Mortality, Arrests, and Hospitalizations in Nonvoluntary Treated Heroin Addicts in Relation to Methadone Treatment

Anna Fugelstad Center for Dependency Disorders of St. Gdran's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Gunnar Agren Social Welfare Administration, City of Stockholm, Sweden
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Anders Romelsjö Department of Public Health Science and Center of Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Novum Medical Research Center, Karolinska Institute, 141 57 Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden
Pages 2803-2817 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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