Using cluster analysis of alcohol use disorders to investigate 'diagnostic orphans': Subjects with alcohol dependence symptoms but no diagnosis

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 295-302

  Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Phelps, Deborah L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Alcohol dependence; Dependence symptoms; Diagnosis; Nosology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0034634665     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(00)00118-6     Document Type: Article

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