Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 313-319 , October 2007

Asian Americans in community-based substance abuse treatment: Service needs, utilization, and outcomes

  • Noosha Niv, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA. Tel.: +1 310 528 7554; fax: +1 310 473 7885.
  • ,
  • Eunice C. Wong, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
  • ,
  • Yih-Ing Hser, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA

Received 11 September 2006 ,Revised 19 December 2006 ,Accepted 25 December 2006.

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PII: S0740-5472(07)00006-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.12.012

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 313-319 , October 2007