Alcohol problem drinking among general hospital inpatients in northeastern Germany

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Coder, Beate ^a   Freyer Adam, Jennis ^a   Bischof, Gallus ^b   Pockrandt, Christine ^a   Hartmann, Birgit ^a   Rumpf, Hans Jürgen ^b   John, Ulrich ^a   Hapke, Ulfert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol problem drinking; Alcohol use disorders; At risk drinking; General hospital; Heavy episodic drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERMANY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; REMISSION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 39049098477     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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