Comorbidity of posttraumatic stress disorder and alcohol dependence in displaced persons

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-178

  Kozarić Kovačić, Dragica ^a   Ljubin, Tajana ^b   Grappe, Michel ^c  

^a University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

^b Police College   (Croatia)

^c Hospital Ville Evrard   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Croatia; Drinking, alcohol; Neuroses, post traumatic; PTSD; Questionnaires; Refugees; Stress disorders, post traumatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR;

EID: 1642586717     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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