Alcohol-related brain damage: Not a silent epidemic

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-288

  Jauhar, Sameer ^a   Smith, Iain D ^a  

^a GARTNAVEL ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME;

EID: 62149139698     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.194.3.287b     Document Type: Letter

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