The quality of alcohol treatment research: An examination of influential controlled trials and development of a quality rating system

Addiction

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 811-823

  Moncrieff, Joanna ^a,b   Drummond, D Colin ^a  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031804862     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1998.9368113.x     Document Type: Article

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