The relative impact of waiting time and treatment entry on drug and alcohol use

Addiction Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Best, David ^a   Noble, Alison ^a   Ridge, Gayle ^a   Gossop, Michael ^a   Farrell, Michael ^a   Strang, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; URBAN POPULATION; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 0036150956     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135562101200100607     Document Type: Article

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