Suicide and alcoholism: Distinguishing alcoholic patients with and without comorbid drug abuse

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 304-310

  Porsteinsson, Anton ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a,b   Conwell, Yeates ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   Forbes, Nicholas ^a   Caine, Eric D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031438106     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10550499709005061     Document Type: Article

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