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Exploration of the Comorbidity of Alcohol Use Disorders and Mental Health Disorders Among Inpatients Presenting to All Hospitals in New South Wales, Australia

Harry Man Xiong Lai BAppSci, MBA, MHA Discipline of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Ambulance Services of NSW, Sydney, Australia
,
Thiagarajan Sitharthan MPsych, PhD Discipline of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
&
Qi Rong Huang MBBS, PhD Health Informatics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Pages 138-145 | Published online: 10 Apr 2012

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