Gender-specific predictors of risky alcohol use among general hospital inpatients

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-15

  Schnuerer, Inga ^a   Gaertner, Beate ^b   Baumann, Sophie ^a   Rumpf, Hans Jürgen ^c   John, Ulrich ^a   Hapke, Ulfert ^b   Freyer Adam, Jennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; AUDIT C; Gender; Predictors; Risky drinking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872387049     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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