Substance abuse disorders treatment in El salvador: Analysis of policy-making-related failure

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 47, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 1546-1551

  Dickson Gómez, Julia ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; faith based; substance abuse disorders; substance user treatment

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EL SALVADOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; POLITICS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EL SALVADOR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLITICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84870429726     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2012.705698     Document Type: Article

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