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Co-morbidity of alcohol dependence and select affective and anxiety disorders among individuals of East Indian and African ancestry in Trinidad and Tobago.
The West Indian medical journal - 1 Mar 2009
Shafe S, Gilder D A, Montane-Jaime L K, Josephs R, Moore S, Crooks H, Ramcharam C, Ehler C L
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The present study sought to determine whether an association exists between alcohol dependence and select affective and anxiety disorders in patients presenting at substance abuse centres in Trinidad and Tobago (TT). The participants in this study were 143 alcohol dependents, of either East Indian ancestry (Indo-TT) or African ancestry (Afro-TT) and 109 controls matched by age, gender and ethnicity. A structured...
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