Choosing a cut-off on the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) for amphetamine users

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 839-845

  Topp, Libby ^a,b   Mattick, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030793264     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02953.x     Document Type: Article

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