Social service offices as a point of entry into substance abuse treatment for poor South Africans

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Burnhams, Nadine H ^a   Dada, Siphokazi ^a   Myers, Bronwyn ^a,b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Social services; South africa; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84864817744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-7-22     Document Type: Article

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