What is addiction?

Alcohol Research and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-95

  Kranzler, Henry R ^a   Li, Ting Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol and other drug (AOD) use, abuse and dependence; AOD use disorders (AODUDs); Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); Substance abuse; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 51349107878     PISSN: 15357414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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