Co-morbidity of alcohol dependence and select affective and anxiety disorders among individuals of East Indian and African ancestry in Trinidad and Tobago

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-172

  Shafe, S ^a   Gilder, D A ^b   Montane Jaime, L K ^c   Joseph, R ^e   Moore, S ^c   Crooks, H ^d   Ramcharam, C ^e   Ehlers, C L ^b  

^a Substance Abuse Unit   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d Tobago Regional Health Authority   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^e San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL;

ADH GENE; ADULT; AFRICA; AGORAPHOBIA; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ALDH1 GENE; ALDH1C GENE; ALDH2 GENE; ALLELE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG USE; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFORMATION; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PSYCHIATRY; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALANINE DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 70049104521     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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