The mountain roared and brought forth a mouse: Comments on the results of an expert panel on standardization of drug dependence treatment trial outcome variables

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 722-723

  Bühringer, Gerhard ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b IFT INSTITUT FÜR THERAPIEFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug dependence; Standards; Success criteria; Treatment outcome criteria

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84857563618     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03689.x     Document Type: Note

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