Smoking, posttraumatic stress disorder, and alcohol use disorders in a nationally representative sample of Australian men and women

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 176-183

  Forbes, Miriam K ^a   Flanagan, Julianne C ^b   Barrett, Emma L ^c   Crome, Erica ^a   Baillie, Andrew J ^a   Mills, Katherine L ^c   Teesson, Maree ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Comorbidity; PTSD; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WELLBEING; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84946490400     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.09.007     Document Type: Article

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