Problem-free drinking over 16 years among individuals with alcohol use disorders

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 92, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 116-122

  Ilgen, Mark A ^a   Wilbourne, Paula L ^a   Moos, Bernice S ^a   Moos, Rudolf H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Alcohol; Moderation; Recovery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 36749010838     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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