Co-morbidity and familial aggregation of alcoholism and anxiety disorders

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 773-788

  Merikangas, K R ^a   Stevens, D E ^a   Fenton, B ^a   Stolar, M ^a   O'Malley, S ^a   Woods, S W ^a   Risch, N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANIC DISORDER; PHOBIC DISORDERS;

EID: 0031822878     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798006941     Document Type: Article

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