Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 86, Issue 1 , Pages 37-45 , 5 January 2007

Prospective validation of substance abuse severity measures from administrative data

  • Lynn E. McCamant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, CR-139, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
    • ,
  • Brigid G. Zani

      Affiliations

    • Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
    • ,
  • Bentson H. McFarland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, CR-139, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 503 245 6550; fax: +1 503 494 1209.
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  • Roy M. Gabriel

      Affiliations

    • RMC Research Corporation, Portland, OR 97201, USA

Received 8 August 2005 ,Revised 21 April 2006 ,Accepted 27 April 2006.

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Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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