Female substance abuse: Characteristics and correlates in a sample of inpatient clients

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-64

  Dodge, Karen ^a   Potocky, Miriam ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcoholism; Chemical dependency; Drug abuse; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033991447     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(99)00017-3     Document Type: Article

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