Psychometric properties of the Penn Alcohol Craving Scale

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1289-1295

  Flannery, B A ^a,b   Volpicelli, J R ^a   Pettinati, H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Craving; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0032842301     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04349.x     Document Type: Review

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