Alcohol abuse/dependence symptoms among hospital employees exposed to a SARS outbreak

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 706-712

  Wu, Ping ^a,b,c   Liu, Xinhua ^a   Fang, Yunyun ^d   Fan, Bin ^c   Fuller, Cordelia J ^b   Guan, Zhiqiang ^e   Yao, Zhongling ^f   Kong, Junhui ^d   Lu, Jin ^f   Litvak, Iva J ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^e National Institute for Social Insurance   (China)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

AVES;

EID: 55149091148     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agn073     Document Type: Article

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