A comparison of African American and non-Hispanic Caucasian cocaine-abusing outpatients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Petry, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Ethnicity; Gender; Race; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037462391     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(02)00255-7     Document Type: Article

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