Employment status and psychological symptomatology among drug users not currently in treatment

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-220

  Johnson, Mark E ^a   Reynolds, Grace L ^a   Fisher, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug users; Psychopathology; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347078404     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(01)00011-8     Document Type: Article

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