"A Statistical Analysis of the Clinical Records of Hospitalized Drug Addicts"

Creator:: Pescor, M. J. (Michael James), 1904-
United States. Public Health Service
Publisher:: United States. Government Printing Office
Title:: "A Statistical Analysis of the Clinical Records of Hospitalized Drug Addicts"
Date:: 1938
Description:: Michael J. Pescor, a medical officer at the Lexington Narcotic Farm, conducted a study of 1036 Lexington patient records for the year 1936-37, generating a statistical picture of their demographic, clinical, and sociological characteristics. (He used some of this data for a 1939 article examining the Kolb classification of addicts.)
Rights:: The National Library believes this item to be in the public domain.
Genre:: Articles
Format:: Text
Extent:: 32 pages
Language:: English
NLM ID:: 9918351284206676X321
Profiles Collection:: The Lawrence Kolb Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X321
Story Section:: DOJ Medical Facility in Springfield, MO, and the PHS Narcotic Farm in Lexington, KY, 1932-1938
Exhibit Tags:: DOJ
Periodical:: Public Health Reports

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