Prevalence and detection of alcohol use disorders among general hospital inpatients in eastern Taiwan

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-54

  Wu, Shu I ^a   Liu, Shen Ing ^a,b   Fang, Chun Kai ^a   Hsu, Chien Chi ^a   Sun, Yi Wen ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Nursing   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Detection; Inpatients; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BETEL NUT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; SURGEON; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ARECA; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

EID: 29244466843     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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