Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 303-311 , October 2007

Addiction Severity Index in a chronic pain sample receiving opioid therapy

  • Kenneth Saffier, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California Davis and Contra Costa Regional Medical Center, Martinez, CA 94552, USA
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  • Cynthia Colombo, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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  • David Brown, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • British Columbia Provincial Health Services, Vancouver, BC, Canada V57 4C2
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  • Marlon P. Mundt, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715, USA
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  • Michael F. Fleming, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53715, USA. Tel.: +1 608 263 9953; fax: +1 608 263 5813.

Received 6 September 2006 ,Revised 13 December 2006 ,Accepted 25 December 2006.

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PII: S0740-5472(07)00005-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.12.011

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 303-311 , October 2007

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