Declining rate of substance abuse throughout the month

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 347-351

  Halpern, Scott D ^a,b   Mechem, C Crawford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b 108 Blockley Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; DISABLED PERSONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; PERIODICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION; VETERANS;

EID: 0035313625     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(00)00749-X     Document Type: Article

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