Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 225-234 , 1 February 2002

Personality, drug of choice, and comorbid psychopathology among substance abusers

  • Kevin P Conway

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7B, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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  • Joel D Swendsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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  • Bruce J Rounsaville

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7B, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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  • Kathleen Ries Merikangas

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7B, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7B, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine, 40 Temple Street, Suite 7B, New Haven, CT 06510, USA

Received 5 October 2000 ,Revised 2 May 2001 ,Accepted 2 May 2001.

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Volume 65, Issue 3 , Pages 225-234 , 1 February 2002

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