Educating treatment professionals about addiction science research: Demographics of knowledge and belief changes

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1235-1258

  Lawson, Kenneth A ^a   Wilcox, Richard E ^a   Littlefield, John H ^b   Pituch, Keenan A ^a   Erickson, Carlton K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

"Substance abuse"; Addiction; Beliefs; Educational workshops; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 4444306346     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120038685     Document Type: Article

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