Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders Among Veterans and Comparable Nonveterans From the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Psychological Services

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-157

  Wagner, Todd H ^a   Harris, Katherine M ^b   Federman, Belle ^c   Dai, Lanting ^d   Luna, Yesenia ^e   Humphreys, Keith ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Center for Risk Behavior and Mental Health Research

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e UNITED HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; drugs; substance use treatment; tobacco; veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648858631     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1541-1559.4.3.149     Document Type: Article

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