Alcohol use in adults

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1654-1656

  Caputo, Fabio ^a   Zoli, Giorgio ^a   Bernardi, Mauro ^b  

^a Santissima Annunziata Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; NALTREXONE; OXYBATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; BORDERLINE STATE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INDICATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NARCOLEPSY; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84876537867     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1302445     Document Type: Letter

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