Gender comparisons of drug abuse treatment outcomes and predictors

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 255-264

  Hser, Yih Ing ^a   Huang, David ^a   Teruya, Cheryl ^a   Anglin, M Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Outcome predictors; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344440980     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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