Alcohol use disorders in women: Screening methods and approaches to treatment

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2002, Pages

  Cyr, Michele G ^a   McGarry, Kelly A ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036917137     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2002.12.1363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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