Alcohol-use disorders in the critically ill patient.

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Published in Chest on October 01, 2010

Authors

Marjolein de Wit1, Drew G Jones, Curtis N Sessler, Marya D Zilberberg, Michael F Weaver

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0050, USA. mdewit@mcvh-vcu.edu

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