Psychiatric comorbidity in White and African-American illicit substance abusers: Evidence for differential etiology

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 667-677

  Roberts, Alan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Ethnicity; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0034033021     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7358(99)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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