Further validation of the obsessive-compulsive drinking scale (OCDS): Relationship to alcoholism severity

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-23

  Moak, Darlene H ^a,b   Anton, Raymond F ^a   Latham, Patricia K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0031929822     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10550499809034708     Document Type: Article

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