A comparison of substance use disorder severity and course in American Indian male and female veterans

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-92

  Westermeyer, Joseph ^a,b,j   Canive, Jose ^c,d   Thuras, Paul ^a   Thompson, James ^e,f,i   Crosby, Ross D ^g,h   Garrard, Judith ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Delaware Tribe of Oklahoma   (United States)

^g NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ Glen Cover Hospital   (United States)

^j NONE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALGORITHM; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM INVENTORY; CHECKLIST; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SCHEDULE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROBABILITY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VETERAN;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS;

EID: 60549114894     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550490802544912     Document Type: Article

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