Culturally competent substance abuse treatment for american indian and alaska native youths

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in the United States: Exemplary Models from a National Evaluation Study

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 155-182

  Stewart Sabin, Candice ^a,b   Chaffin, Mark ^c  

^a Our Youth Our Future   (United States)

^b Four Corners Regional Adolescent Treatment Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 85071556209     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315821344-17     Document Type: Chapter

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