The relative effectiveness of women-only and mixed-gender treatment for substance-abusing women

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-348

  Prendergast, Michael L ^a   Messina, Nena P ^a   Hall, Elizabeth A ^a   Warda, Umme S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed gender programs; Propensity score; Treatment for women; Treatment outcomes; Women only programs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CRIME; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN;

EID: 79955121025     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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