Treatment needs and initial outcomes of a residential recovery program for African-American women and their children

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-50

  Uziel Miller, Nina D ^a,b   Lyons, John S ^a   Kissiel, Cassandra ^a   Love, Sharon ^a  

^a NW Univ Med Sch and Forever Free ^*

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031929217     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.1998.tb00466.x     Document Type: Article

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