Individuals with excessive alcohol intake recruited by advertisement: Demographic and clinical characteristics

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-204

  Berglund, Kristina ^a   Fahlke, Claudia ^a   Berggren, Ulf ^b   Eriksson, Matts ^a   Balldin, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33644976906     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh244     Document Type: Article

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