Parental consent in adolescent substance abuse treatment outcome studies

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-306

  Smith, Douglas C ^a   Boel Studt, Shamra ^b   Cleeland, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Alcohol abuse; Clinical trials; Drug abuse; Parental consent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; PARENTAL CONSENT; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PARENTAL CONSENT; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69349089727     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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