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Gender aspects of epidemioloGical characteristics of heroin addicts clinically treated in psychiatry department from North-EastErN Post-war BosNia aNd hErzEgoviNa
Evidence shows that heroin addiction has rapidly increased in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the last few years. The considerable increase in hospital admissions for the treatment of heroin addicts supports this evidence. This increase has been accompanied by an unstable geopolitical situation in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina [1, 2]. While heroin addiction has been extensively studied in Western countries [3] and South-East Asia [4], there is a lack of relevant information for the Balkan countries [5, 6].