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The nature of methadone diversion in England: a Merseyside case study

Overview of attention for article published in Harm Reduction Journal, January 2012
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  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (86th percentile)

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Title
The nature of methadone diversion in England: a Merseyside case study
Published in
Harm Reduction Journal, January 2012
DOI 10.1186/1477-7517-9-3
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Authors

Paul Duffy, Helen Baldwin

Abstract

Methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) is a key element in treatment for opiate addiction; however concerns about the diversion of methadone remain. More current empirical data on methadone diversion are required. This research investigated the market for diverted methadone in Merseyside, UK, in order to provide a case study which can be transferred to other areas undertaking methadone maintenance treatment on a large scale.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Unknown 55 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 21%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 13%
Student > Master 7 13%
Student > Bachelor 7 13%
Student > Postgraduate 5 9%
Other 10 18%
Unknown 8 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 13 23%
Social Sciences 9 16%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 11%
Chemistry 3 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Other 11 20%
Unknown 12 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 May 2021.
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#4,279,318
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Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#570
of 1,119 outputs
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#33,590
of 248,750 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Harm Reduction Journal
#9
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