Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 91, Issue 2 , Pages 149-158 , 1 December 2007

Subtypes of alcohol dependence in a nationally representative sample

  • Howard B. Moss

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 301 402 0944; fax: +1 301 480 1726.
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  • Chiung M. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System, CSR, Incorporated, Arlington, VA 22201, USA
    • ,
  • Hsiao-ye Yi

      Affiliations

    • Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System, CSR, Incorporated, Arlington, VA 22201, USA

Received 1 February 2007 ,Revised 11 May 2007 ,Accepted 18 May 2007.

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☆ These data were presented in part at the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 23–28, 2006.

PII: S0376-8716(07)00218-9

doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.05.016

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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