Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 1-21 , 5 January 2007

Substance abuse treatment entry, retention, and outcome in women: A review of the literature

  • Shelly F. Greenfield

      Affiliations

    • McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 855 2241; fax: +1 617 855 2699.
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  • Audrey J. Brooks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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  • Susan M. Gordon

      Affiliations

    • Seabrook House, 133 Polk Lane, Seabrook, NJ 08302, USA
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  • Carla A. Green

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97227, USA
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  • Frankie Kropp

      Affiliations

    • CinARC/University of Cincinnati Psychiatry, 3210 Jefferson Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45220, USA
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  • R. Kathryn McHugh

      Affiliations

    • McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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  • Melissa Lincoln

      Affiliations

    • McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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  • Denise Hien

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University School of Social Work, 411 West 114th Street #38, New York, NY 10025, USA
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  • Gloria M. Miele

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, 6182 Palomar Circle, Camarillo, CA 93012, USA

Received 2 June 2005 ,Revised 2 May 2006 ,Accepted 9 May 2006.

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