The effect of moderate to heavy alcohol consumption on neuropsychological performance as measured by the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 443-450

  Green, Alisa ^a,c   Garrick, Therese ^a   Sheedy, Donna ^a   Blake, Helen ^a   Shores, Edwin Arthur ^c   Harper, Clive ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b South West Area Health Service ^*  (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Donor; Neuropsychological Function; RBANS

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REFERENCE MEMORY; REPEATABLE BATTERY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 77749295207     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01108.x     Document Type: Article

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