Alcohol counseling: Physicians will do it

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 692-698

  Adams, Abigail ^a   Ockene, Judith K ^a   Wheeler, Elizabeth V ^a   Hurley, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Counseling; Problem drinking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 0031708012     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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