Prevalence of childhood trauma in a community sample of substance- abusing women

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 449-462

  Medrano, Martha A ^a   Zule, William A ^a   Hatch, John ^a   Desmond, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGLECT; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEXAS;

EID: 0032875999     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ADA-100101872     Document Type: Article

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