General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 219-225 , May 2004

Prevalence and identification of alcohol use disorders among nonpsychiatric inpatients in one general hospital

  • Chun-Hsin Chen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Medical University, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Formerly at the Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Municipal Chung-Hsiao Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
    • ,
  • Wei J Chen, M.D., D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Andrew T.A Cheng, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886-2-27899119; fax: +886-2-27823047.

Received 27 August 2003 ,Accepted 7 January 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.01.001

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 26, Issue 3 , Pages 219-225 , May 2004

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