Alcoholism treatment outcome studies, 1980-1992: Methodological characteristics and quality

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 429-443

  Morley, Jeanne A ^a,c   Finney, John W ^a   Monahan, Susanne C ^a,b   Floyd, Anthony S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT CODING; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029886149     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4603(95)00073-9     Document Type: Article

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