The elephant that no one sees: Natural recovery among middle-class addicts

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-61

  Granfield, Robert ^a   Cloud, William ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b Fac Train Prog in Drug Dependency

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; POLICY; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0029979573     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204269602600104     Document Type: Article

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