Use of exclusion criteria in selecting research subjects and its effect on the generalizability of alcohol treatment outcome studies

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 588-594

  Humphreys, Keith ^a   Weisner, Constance ^b  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034068444     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.4.588     Document Type: Article

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