Assessing the Connection to Alcoholics Anonymous in Early Recovery: Recommendations for an “Affiliation Index”

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1-14

  Caldwell, Paul Elliott ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A.A; Affiliation index; Listening; Meetings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE;

EID: 0033305146     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: 15444538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J020v17n04_01     Document Type: Article

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