Drug treatment: Explaining the gender paradox

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 653-678

  Fiorentine, Robert ^a   Douglas Anglin, M ^a   Gil Rivas, Virginia ^a   Taylor, Ellise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 1842289798     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709039369     Document Type: Article

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