Reliability of adolescent self-reported pretreatment alcohol and other drug use

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-434

  Stinchfield, Randy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent drug use; Reliability and validity of self report

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030896719     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709039363     Document Type: Article

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