Nondaily drinkers score higher on the Alcohol Dependence Scale than daily drinkers

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 347-352

  Wood, Linda D ^a   Sobell, Linda C ^a   Sobell, Mark B ^a   Dornheim, Liane ^a   Agrawal, Sangeeta ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dependence; Drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037361148     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4603(01)00224-6     Document Type: Article

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