Detection of alcohol consumption in suicides

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Schneider, Barbara ^a   Schnabel, Axel ^a   Sargk, Dieter ^a   Maurer, Konrad ^a   Weber, Bernhard ^a   Wetterling, Tilman ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Postmortem diagnoses; Screening instruments; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE;

EID: 17744371167     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0524-z     Document Type: Article

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