Improvements in health-related quality of life among methadone maintenance clients in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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Published in Int J Drug Policy on March 11, 2016

Authors

Omary Ubuguyu1, Olivia C Tran2, Robert Douglas Bruce3, Frank Masao1, Cassian Nyandindi1, Norman Sabuni4, Sheryl McCurdy5, Jessie Mbwambo1, Barrot H Lambdin6

Author Affiliations

1: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, PO Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
2: Pangaea Global AIDS, 436 14th St, Suite 920, Oakland, CA 94612, USA.
3: Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
4: Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, 6 Samora Machel Ave, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
5: University of Texas School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin St, Houston, TX, USA.
6: RTI-International, 351 California St, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: blambdin@rti.org.

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