Similar profile of cognitive impairment and recovery for Aboriginal Australians in treatment for episodic or chronic alcohol use

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1419-1426

  Dingwall, Kylie M ^a   Maruff, Paul ^b,c   Cairney, Sheree ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Scientific Division   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Alcohol; Chronic; Cognitive recovery; Episodic; Indigenous Australian

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960278717     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03434.x     Document Type: Article

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