Association of low-voltage alpha EEG with a subtype of alcohol use disorders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1312-1319

  Enoch, Mary Anne ^a   White, Kenneth V ^a   Harris, Claudia R ^a   Robin, Robert W ^a   Ross, Jerilyn ^b   Rohrbaugh, John W ^c   Goldman, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^b Ross Ctr Anxiety Related Disord   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Alpha; Anxiety; EEG

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0032822234     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04352.x     Document Type: Article

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