Medical assessment in drug addicts: Reliability and validity of the cumulative illness rating scale (substance abuse version)

European Addiction Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 112-117

  Castillo, Claudio ^a   Bulbena, Antoni ^a   Serras, Enric ^a   Torrens, Marta ^a   López Colomés, José Luís ^a   Martínez, María Alba ^a   Politinska, Barbara ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

CIRS SA; Cumulative illness rating scale; HIV; Medical assessment; Substance abusers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS INFECTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 4043081280     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077699     Document Type: Article

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