A comparative study of cocaine-treatment completers and dropouts

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-22

  McMahon, Robert C ^a   Kouzekanani, Kamiar ^b   Malow, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine treatment; Completers; Dropouts

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032952819     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(97)00317-6     Document Type: Article

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