How to assess craving for alcohol

European Addiction Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 110-115

  Wetterling, T ^a   Veltrup, C ^a   Junghanns, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; Alcoholism; Craving; Naltrexone; Relapse; Reward system

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; NALTREXONE;

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; COGNITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELAPSE; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF REPORT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0030849303     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000259163     Document Type: Article

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