Incidence of first onset alcoholism among Taiwanese aborigines

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1363-1371

  Chen, Wei J ^b   Cheng, Andrew T A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030786685     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005527     Document Type: Article

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