Gender differences in cocaine dependent patients: A 6 month follow-up study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-40

  Weiss, Roger D ^a,b   Martinez Raga, Jose ^a   Griffin, Margaret L ^a,b   Greenfield, Shelly F ^a,b   Hufford, Cathryn ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction Severity Index; Cocaine; Gender; Hospitalization

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COCAINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; PATIENT ADMISSION; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031561750     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(96)01319-1     Document Type: Article

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