Serbian and Austrian alcohol-dependent patients: A comparison of two samples regarding therapeutically relevant clinical features

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 505-508

  Jakovljevic, Mihajlo ^a   Riegler, Anita ^b   Jovanovic, Mirjana ^a   Djordjevic, Natasa ^a   Patek, Karin ^b   Lesch, Otto ^b   Walter, Henriette ^b  

^a University of Kragujevac Medical Faculty   (Serbia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; DISULFIRAM; NALTREXONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERBIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84879851830     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agt011     Document Type: Article

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