Physician unawareness of serious substance abuse

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-354

  Saitz, Richard ^a,f   Mulvey, Kevin P ^b,e   Plough, Alonzo ^b,c,e   Samet, Jeffrey H ^a,b,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Office for Treatment Improvement   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Health and Hospitals ^*  (United States)

^f BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic errors; Medically uninsured; Perception; Primary health care; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0030860844     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00952999709016881     Document Type: Article

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