Factors affecting %CDT status at entry into a multisite clinical treatment trial: Experience from the COMBINE study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1878-1883

  Anton, Raymond F ^a,c   Youngblood, Marston ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Carbohydrate Deficient Transferrin; CDT; Clinical Trial; COMBINE Study

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TEMPERANCE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 33750360497     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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