Supplemental security income (SSI), disability insurance (DI), and substance abusers

Community Mental Health Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-350

  Gresenz, Carole Roan ^a   Watkins, Katherine ^b   Podus, Deborah ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UCLA Depts of Med and Psychiatry

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

DISABILITY; INCOME; INSURANCE; LAW; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031851931     PISSN: 00103853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018779805833     Document Type: Review

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