Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 58, Issue 1 , Pages 43-54 , 1 February 2000

Predictors of expressed partner and non-partner violence among patients in substance abuse treatment

  • Stephen T. Chermack

      Affiliations

    • John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, 4646 John R. Street, Detroit, MI 48201, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-313-5761000 ext. 5337; fax: +1-313-5761091
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  • Bret E. Fuller

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Frederic C. Blow

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • VA Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 27 May 1999 ,Accepted 27 May 1999.

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