Physical health problems among patients seeking treatment for alcohol use disorders: A study in six European cities

Addiction Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-196

  Gossop, Michael ^a   Neto, Domingos ^b   Radovanovic, Mirjana ^c   Batra, Anil ^d   Toteva, Sonya ^e   Musalek, Michael ^f   Skutle, Arvid ^g   Goos, Cees ^f  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e State University Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Bulgaria)

^f Anton Proksch Institute   (Austria)

^g Bergen Clinics Foundation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol; Comorbidity; Dependence; Physical health; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SMOKING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34248575425     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2007.00066.x     Document Type: Article

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