The latent structure of alcohol dependence in female federal prisoners

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-537

  Walters, Glenn D ^a   Hennig, Cheryl L ^b   Negola, Todd D ^c   Fricke, Lori A ^c  

^a FCI Schuylkill   (United States)

^b FCI Greenville Psychology   (United States)

^c FCI Loretto Psychology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; females; prison inmates; taxometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950834527     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350801968740     Document Type: Article

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