A 60-year follow-up of alcoholic men

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1043-1051

  Vaillant, George E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Alcoholics Anonymous; Mortality; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041903776     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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