Alcohol interventions: Do the best things come in small packages?

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-379

  Drummond, D Colin ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030934133     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03369.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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