Gender differences in interpersonal problems of alcohol-dependent patients and healthy controls

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3010-3022

  Mueller, Sandra E ^a   Degen, Bigna ^a   Petitjean, Sylvie ^a   Wiesbeck, Gerhard A ^a   Walter, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Gender differences; Interpersonal problems; Personality; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 74549205227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6123010     Document Type: Article

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