Prevalence and predictors of research participant eligibility criteria in alcohol treatment outcome studies, 1970-98

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1249-1257

  Humphreys, Keith ^a,b   Weingardt, Kenneth R ^a   Horst, Doyanne ^a   Joshi, Asha A ^a   Finney, John W ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Program Evaluation and Resource Center Department of Veteran Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE;

ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HUMANS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 24344477491     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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