Cognitive impairment in Aboriginal people with heavy episodic patterns of alcohol use.

BACKGROUND: With chronic alcohol abuse, cognitive studies suggest that progressive cognitive decline may precede more serious and irreversible neurological syndromes. The early detection of cognitive impairment may therefore aid in the prevention of permanent brain damage. Despite the devastating co...

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Published in:Addiction Vol. 102; no. 6; pp. 909 - 916
Main Authors: Cairney S, Clough A, Jaragba M, Maruff P
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2007
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