Issues in designing and implementing a Spanish-language multi-site clinical trial

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-215

  Suarez Morales, Lourdes ^a   Matthews, Julie ^b   Martino, Steve ^c   Ball, Samuel A ^c   Rosa, Carmen ^d   Farentinos, Christine ^e   Szapocznik, José ^a   Carroll, Kathleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Advanced Behavioral Health   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^e Changepoint Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HISPANIC; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MULTILINGUALISM; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347384168     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550490701375707     Document Type: Article

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