Effects of sustained abstinence among treated substance-Abusing homeless persons on housing and employment

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 913-918

  Milby, Jesse B ^a,c   Schumacher, Joseph E ^b   Wallace, Dennis ^d   Vuchinich, Rudy ^a   Mennemeyer, Stephen T ^c   Kertesz, Stefan G ^b,e  

^a Department of Psychology ^*  (United States)

^b Danartment of Medicine Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^e Veterans Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALABAMA; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951245013     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.152975     Document Type: Article

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