The validity of drug users' self-reports in a non-treatment setting: Prevalence and predictors of incorrect reporting methadone treatment modalities

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 514-520

  Langendam, Miranda W ^a   Van Haastrecht, Harry J A ^a   Van Ameijden, Erik J C ^a  

^a MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Drug abuse; Methadone treatment; Self reports; Validation

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033037926     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.3.514     Document Type: Article

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