Demographic characteristics, life context, and patterns of substance use among alcohol-dependent treatment clients in a health maintenance organization

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1803-1810

  Tam, Tammy W ^a   Weisner, Constance ^b,c   Mertens, Jennifer ^c  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of Initiation; Alcohol Dependence; Combined Alcohol and Drug Dependence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CANNABIS; PIERINAE;

EID: 0034544744     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb01984.x     Document Type: Article

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