Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 277-282 , December 2005

“Painting a picture of the client”: Implementing the Addiction Severity Index in community treatment programs

Received 17 January 2005 ,Revised 12 July 2005 ,Accepted 1 August 2005.

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PII: S0740-5472(05)00170-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.08.005

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 277-282 , December 2005

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