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Validity of Self-Report of Drug Use Among STD Patients, ER Patients, and Arrestees

Yih-Ing Hser UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.; UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA, 90025, U.S.A.
, Ph.D.,
Margaret Maglione UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
, M.P.P. &
Kathleen Boyle UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
, Ph.D.
Pages 81-91 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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