Toronto Drug Treatment Court: Participant intake characteristics as predictors of "successful" program completion

Journal of Drug Issues

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 965-988

  Newton Taylor, Brenda ^a   Patra, Jayadeep ^b,c   Gliksman, Louis ^d,e  

^a Toronto Drug Treatment Court   (Australia)

^b TDTC Evaluation Project   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WHO   (Iran)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

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EID: 77649159696     PISSN: 00220426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002204260903900410     Document Type: Article

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