The reliability and validity of drug users' self reports of amphetamine use among primarily heroin and cocaine users

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-354

  Napper, Lucy E ^a   Fisher, Dennis G ^a   Johnson, Mark E ^b   Wood, Michele M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Reliability; Self report; Validity

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; URINALYSIS; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74649085480     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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