Things that Work, Things that Don't Work, and Things that Matter-Including Words

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 429-430

  Saitz, Richard ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADDICTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LANGUAGE; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NEUROBIOLOGY; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; NOMENCLATURE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84957613311     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000170     Document Type: Editorial

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