Medical and Psychiatric Conditions of Alcohol and Drug Treatment Patients in an HMO: Comparison With Matched Controls

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2511-2517

  Mertens, Jennifer R ^a   Lu, Yun W ^a   Parthasarathy, Sujaya ^a   Moore, Charles ^b   Weisner, Constance M ^c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0038742481     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.163.20.2511     Document Type: Article

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