Alcohol use while on the liver transplant waiting list: A single-center experience

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 91-97

  Carbonneau, Michelle ^a   Jensen, Louise A ^a   Bain, Vincent G ^a   Kelly, Karen ^a   Meeberg, Glenda ^a   Tandon, Puneeta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SELF REPORT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 73949101935     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.21957     Document Type: Article

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