Low identification of alcohol use disorders in general practice in England

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 766-773

  Cheeta, Survjit ^a   Drummond, Colin ^b   Oyefeso, Adenekan ^c   Phillips, Tom ^c,d   Deluca, Paolo ^b   Perryman, Katherine ^b   Coulton, Simon ^e  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Clinical Psychology Service for Older People   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Dependent drinking; General practice research database (GPRD); Hazardous harmful drinking; Primary care; Psychiatric morbidity survey (PMS)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 42149129525     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02198.x     Document Type: Article

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