Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 177-183 , May 2003

Social and health functioning in female primary care patients with post-traumatic stress disorder with and without comorbid substance abuse

  • Caron Zlotnick

      Affiliations

    • Butler Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • Steven E Bruce

      Affiliations

    • Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • Risa B Weisberg

      Affiliations

    • Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • M.Tracie Shea

      Affiliations

    • Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • Jason T Machan

      Affiliations

    • Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Providence, RI, USA
    • ,
  • Martin B Keller

      Affiliations

    • Brown University, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Providence, RI, USA

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doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00005-1

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 177-183 , May 2003

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