Racial and ethnic differences in substance abuse service needs, utilization, and outcomes in California

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1350-1356

  Niv, Noosha ^a,b   Pham, Rhoda ^b   Hser, Yih Ing ^b  

^a VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350055465     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.10.1350     Document Type: Article

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