Referral paths, patient profiles and treatment adherence of older alcoholic men

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-35

  Atkinson, Roland M ^a,b   Misra, Sahana ^a,b   Ryan, Stephen C ^c   Turner, John A ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Aging; Alcoholism treatment; Referral sources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0141739508     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(03)00048-5     Document Type: Article

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