title: Using a latent variable approach to inform gender and racial/ethnic differences in cocaine dependence: a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network study.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27710, USA. litzy.wu@duke.edu
authors.forename: Li-Tzy
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jeng-Jong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Dan G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Blazer
authors.forename: Betty
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tai
authors.forename: Maxine L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Stitzer
authors.forename: George E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Woody
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015982:Bias; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008691:Methadone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009294:Narcotics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054577:National Institute on Drug Abuse (U.S.); D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012737:Sex Factors; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D009294:Narcotics; D008691:Methadone
keywords: CTN Data Share; Clinical trials network; Cocaine dependence; Differential item functioning; Multiple indicators–multiple causes model