Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 180-191 , March 2008

Toward cost-effective initial care for substance-abusing homeless

  • Jesse B. Milby, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, CH 201, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, USA. Tel.: +1 205 934 8723; fax: +1 205 975 6953.
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  • Joseph E. Schumacher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • Rudy E. Vuchinich, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • Michelle J. Freedman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • Stefan Kertesz, M.D., M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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  • Dennis Wallace, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Rho Inc. Federal Systems Division, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

Received 22 November 2006 ,Revised 28 February 2007 ,Accepted 4 March 2007.

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PII: S0740-5472(07)00086-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2007.03.003

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 180-191 , March 2008

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