The reliability of alcoholism history in patients with alcohol-related cirrhosis

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 488-494

  Yates, William R ^a   Labrecque, Douglas R ^b   Pfab, Debra ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031721450     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/33.5.488     Document Type: Article

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