Five-year outcome in alcohol dependence, a naturalistic study of 850 patients in Catalonia

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-192

  Gual, Antoni ^a   Lligoña, Anna ^a   Colom, Joan ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Program on Substance Abuse   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032908903     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/34.2.183     Document Type: Article

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