Correlates of substance abuse treatment completion among disadvantaged communities in Cape Town, South Africa

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Myers, Bronwyn J ^a,b   Pasche, Sonja ^a   Adam, Mohamed ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950852380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-5-3     Document Type: Article

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