Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 133-150 , October 2004

Impulsivity in abstinent alcohol-dependent patients: relation to control subjects and type 1–/type 2–like traits

  • James M. Bjork

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Room 3C-103, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-301-594-9950; fax: +1-301-402-0445.
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  • Daniel W. Hommer

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Room 3C-103, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • ,
  • Steven J. Grant

      Affiliations

    • National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • ,
  • Cinnamon Danube

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Clinical Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Room 3C-103, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

Received 2 April 2004 ,Revised 18 June 2004 ,Accepted 29 June 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2004.06.012

Alcohol
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 133-150 , October 2004

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