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Age of Onset as a Discriminator Between Alcoholic Subtypes in a Treatment-Seeking Outpatient Population

A. Bankole Johnson Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at HoustonCorrespondence[email protected]
, Ph.D.,
C. Robert Cloninger Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at Houston
,
John D. Roache Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at Houston
, Ph.D.,
Patrick S. Bordnick Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at Houston
, Ph.D. &
Pedro Ruiz Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo. Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas at Houston
Pages 17-27 | Received 30 Nov 1998, Accepted 16 Aug 1999, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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