Physical health and drinking among medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use: A prospective study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1257-1265

  Williams, Emily C ^a,b   Palfai, Tibor ^c,d   Cheng, Debbie M ^c,d   Samet, Jeffrey H ^c,d   Bradley, Katharine A ^a,b   Koepsell, Thomas D ^b   Wickizer, Thomas M ^b   Heagerty, Patrick J ^b   Saitz, Richard ^c,d  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Hospital Based Brief Intervention; Physical Health; Readiness to Change; Unhealthy Alcohol Use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954048644     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01203.x     Document Type: Article

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