Acamprosate treatment in a long-term community-based alcohol rehabilitation

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1537-1546

  Poldrugo, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0030664374     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb02873.x     Document Type: Article

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