Randomised controlled trial of general practitioner intervention in patients with excessive alcohol consumption

British Medical Journal

Volumn 297, Issue 6649, 1988, Pages 663-668

  Wallace, P ^a   Cutler, S ^a   Haines, A ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0023795230     PISSN: 02670623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.297.6649.663     Document Type: Article

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