Pathways into drug user treatment: The influence of gender and racial/ethnic identity

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-342

  Kline, Anna ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

access to drug user treatment; African Americans; drug treatment; Hispanics; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DRUG ABUSE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029988212     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089609045815     Document Type: Review

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