A comparison of medical symptoms reported by cocaine-, opiate-, and alcohol-dependent patients

Substance Abuse

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 227-235

  Patkar, Ashwin A ^a,b   Sterling, Robert C ^a   Gottheil, Edward ^a   Weinstein, Stephen P ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cocaine; Medical; Opiate; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032764595     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021405008020     Document Type: Article

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