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Alcohol abuse

Known as: drinking problem, ethanol abuse, drinking problems 
The use of alcoholic beverages to excess, either on individual occasions ("binge drinking") or as a regular practice.
National Institutes of Health

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AOD dependentAcute alcoholic intoxicationAcute alcoholic intoxication in alcoholismAlcohol consumption

Narrower (2)

Acute alcohol abuseMarchiafava-Bignami Disease

Broader (5)

Alcohol or Other Drugs useDrug abuseSubstance Use DisordersSubstance abuse problem

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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Patterns of DSM-IV alcohol abuse and dependence symptoms in adolescent drinkers.
OBJECTIVE Diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorders have largely been developed from research and clinical experience with… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A population-based twin study of alcoholism in women.
OBJECTIVE To clarify the role of genetic factors in the etiology of alcoholism in women. DESIGN AND SETTING Personal structured… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Patterns of neuronal loss in the cerebral cortex in chronic alcoholic patients
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Personality traits related to monoamine oxidase activity in platelets
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Patterns of substance abuse in pathological gamblers undergoing treatment.
Review
1983
Review
1983
Problem drinking and the dimension of involvement with drugs: a Guttman scalogram analysis of adolescent drug use.
Analyses of data from two nationwide surveys of high school students, one carried out in 1974 and the other in 1978, suggest that… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Seeking help for drinking problems; a study in the Boston Metropolitan Area.
The behavior and motivation of Boston area residents who sought help for their drinking problems and those who did not are… 
Review
1979
Review
1979
Alcoholism in the general hospital.
To assess the prevalence of alcoholism among people admitted to hospital 303 patients completed a drinking questionnaire. A total… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Responding to drinking problems
Review
1977
Review
1977
Drinking patterns and drinking problems of college students.
Compared with the findings of previous studies, a recent survey of students at 13 U.S. colleges found that more women are… 
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