First-time admissions with alcohol-related medical problems: A 10-year follow-up of a national sample of alcoholic patients

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-96

  Piette, John D ^a   Barnett, Paul G ^b   Moos, Rudolf H ^b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEPATITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; SAMPLING;

EID: 6844251617     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1998.59.89     Document Type: Article

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