A Psychometric validation of the Short Alcohol Withdrawal Scale (SAWS)

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 361-365

  Elholm, Bjarne ^a   Larsen, Klaus ^a   Hornnes, Nete ^a   Zierau, Finn ^a   Becker, Ulrik ^a,b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NAUSEA; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMAX ROTATION; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; SHORT ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SWEATING; SYMPTOM; TREMOR; VALIDATION STUDY; AMBULATORY CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ALCOHOLICS; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 77954279932     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agq033     Document Type: Article

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