Planned duration of residential drug abuse treatment: Efficacy versus effectiveness

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1467-1478

  McCusker, Jane ^a,d   Bigelow, Carol ^a   Vickers Lahti, Maureen ^a   Spotts, Diane ^a   Garfield, Frances ^b   Frost, Ray ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Spectrum Inc   (United States)

^c Marathon Inc   (United States)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030691897     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02868.x     Document Type: Article

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