Nicotine, caffeine and alcohol use in high- and low-dose benzodiazepine users

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-212

  Lekka, Nicoletta P ^a   Paschalis, Christos ^a   Beratis, Stavroula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Benzodiazepine; Caffeine; Cigarette smoking; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE; CAFFEINE; NICOTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COFFEE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BENZODIAZEPINES; CAFFEINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF MEDICATION; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0031009045     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)01362-8     Document Type: Article

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