A 48-week natural history follow-up of alcoholics who do and do not engage in limited drinking after treatment

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 184, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 623-627

  Watson, Charles G ^b   Hancock, Martha ^b   Malovrh, Patricia ^b   Gearhart, Lee P ^b   Raden, Maria ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029992611     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199610000-00007     Document Type: Article

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