Reliability of substance use disorder diagnoses among African-Americans and Caucasians

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-209

  Horton, Joseph ^a   Compton, Wilson ^a   Cottler, Linda B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Race; Reliability; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RELIABILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

CANNABIS;

EID: 0033991371     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(99)00050-2     Document Type: Article

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