[Heroin-assisted treatment of opioid addicts in Switzerland from 1994-2001--utilisation and characteristics of admissions and discharges].

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Published in Gesundheitswesen on February 01, 2003

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P Gschwend1, J Rehm, S Eschmann, A Uchtenhagen

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1: Institut für Suchtforschung, Zürich, Switzwerland. gschwend@isf.unizh.ch

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