Different variables are associated with help-seeking patterns and long-term outcomes among problem drinkers

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 433-439

  Tucker, Jalie A ^a   Vuchinich, Rudy E ^a   Rippens, Paula D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking; Help seeking; Resolution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0347722230     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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