Alcohol
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 45-52 , August 2000

Quality of life measures and outcome in alcohol-dependent men and women

  • J.H Foster

      Affiliations

    • Social Policy Research Centre, Middlesex University, Queensway, Enfield, Middlesex EN3 4SF, UK
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  • T.J Peters

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Clinical Biochemistry, and Psychological Medicine, Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Denmark Hill, London, UK
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  • E.J Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Clinical Biochemistry, and Psychological Medicine, Kings College School of Medicine and Dentistry, Denmark Hill, London, UK

Received 6 July 1999 ,Revised 16 May 2000 ,Accepted 5 June 2000.

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