Demographic variables and microcog performance: Relationships for VA patients under treatment for substance abuse

Psychological Reports

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 183-188

  Lopez, Shane J ^a   Ryan, Joseph J ^b   Sumerall, Scott W ^b   Lichtenberg, James W ^b   Glasnapp, Doug ^b   Krieshok, Thomas S ^b   Van Fleet, Jay N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VETERAN;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 0035259365     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.1.183     Document Type: Article

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