Alcoholism in women: Is it different in onset and outcome compared to men?

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 344-351

  Diehl, Alexander ^a   Croissant, Bernhard ^a   Batra, Anil ^b   Mundle, Götz ^b   Nakovics, Helmut ^a   Mann, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Gender; Outcome; Predictors; Women

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34748899532     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-007-0737-z     Document Type: Article

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