The interplay between interpersonal dynamics, treatment barriers, and larger social forces: An exploratory study of drug-using couples in Hartford, CT

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Simmons, Janie ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONNECTICUT; DRUG USERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34248351469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-1-12     Document Type: Article

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