Alcohol use disorders in primary care patients in Cagliari, Italy

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-344

  Agabio, Roberta ^a   Nioi, Manuela ^a   Serra, Claudia ^a   Valle, Paolo ^b   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Società Italiana di Medicina Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33646201800     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl010     Document Type: Article

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