Posttraumatic stress disorder, alcohol dependence, and somatic disorders in displaced persons

Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 35-40

  Buljan, Danijel ^a   Vrček, Danijela ^a   Cekić Arambašin, Ana ^b   Karlović, Dalibor ^a   Zoričić, Zoran ^a   Golik Gruber, Vesna ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Comorbidity; Displaced persons; Post traumatic; Refugees; Somatic diseases; Stress disorder; War

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036992303     PISSN: 0002502X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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