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Title: |
Trends in Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism Research |
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| Edited by: |
Rin Yoshida |
| ISBN10-13: |
1600213839 : 9781600213830 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
300 |
| Weight: |
.884 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - May 2007 |
| List Price: |
234.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Illness & addiction: social aspects |
| Alcoholism is a disorder characterised by the excessive consumption of and dependence on alcoholic beverages, leading to physical and psychological harm and impaired social and vocational functioning. This book gathers new and important research on this socially and medically destructive disorder. These include addiction issues, forms of treatment, behavioural and clinical studies. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Gender Differences in Reponses to a Drug and Alcohol Problem Screen; Alcohol and Substance Abuse Among Older Adults; Effect of Alcohol Abuse on Outcomes of Patients with Lung Cancer; Advancing Behavioural Ecological Theories of Problem Drinking by Considering Reservation Dwelling American Indians; Systemic and Metabolic Changes Observed in Alcohol Dependent Male Patients after Alcohol Withdrawal; Pathophysiological Mechanisms of Renal Damage by Alcohol Consumption: Involvement of Oxidative Stress; Interactions between Alcohol and Neuroactive Steroids in Physiology and Pathophysiology; A Social Insect Model for the Study of Ethanol Induced Behaviour: The Honey Bee; A Contemporary Investigation into Vulnerability Factors of Alcoholism: A Distinct Substance of Abuse; Index. |