Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 281-288 , April 2010

Criminal Victimization and Comorbid Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders in the United States: Results from the NESARC

  • Michael G. Vaughn, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work and Department of Community Health, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Michael G. Vaughn, Tegeler Hall, 3550 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63103. Tel.: 314-977-2718; Fax: 314-977-2731.
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  • Qiang Fu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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  • Matt Delisi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Criminology and Criminal Justice Studies, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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  • Kevin M. Beaver, PhD

      Affiliations

    • College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
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  • Brian E. Perron, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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  • Matthew O. Howard, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Social Work, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Received 4 June 2009 ,Accepted 25 November 2009.

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 NESARC was funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism with additional support provided by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The authors are grateful for support from NIH grants: DA021405 (Dr. Howard) and K07CA104119 (Dr. Fu).

PII: S1047-2797(09)00370-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.11.011

Annals of Epidemiology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 281-288 , April 2010

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