Staying in Touch: A Fieldwork Manual of Tracking Procedures for Locating Substance Abusers in Follow-up Studies

2 nd Edition

Elizabeth A. Hall
Ronald Zuniga
Jerome Cartier
M. Douglas Anglin
Birgit Danila
Tim Ryan
Kean Mantius

The University of California

UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
ACS Federal Healthcare, Inc. (formerly Birch & Davis Associates, Inc.)
2003


This publication was supported by contract 270-99-7068 from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).   All material appearing in this volume except that taken directly from copyrighted sources is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission from CSAT or the authors. Citation of the source would be appreciated. The citation should contain the following:

Hall, E. A., Zuniga, R., Cartier, J., Anglin, M. D., Danila, B., Ryan, R., & Mantius, K. (2003). Staying in Touch: A Fieldwork Manual of Tracking Procedures for Locating Substance Abusers in Follow-up Studies, 2 nd Edition . Los Angeles, CA : UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.

Kevin Mulvey, Ph.D., served as the CSAT Targeted Capacity Expansion Cross-Site Evaluation Contract Project Officer. We would like to acknowledge the support and assistance of Richard Lopez, J.D., Ph.D., and Kenneth Robertson, former Contract Project Officers.

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