Effect of training on general practitioners' use of a brief intervention for excessive drinkers

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 206-209

  Richmond, Robyn L ^a,b,c   G Novak, Kinga ^d   Kehoe, Linda ^b   Calfas, George ^d   Mendelsohn, Colin P ^a   Wodak, Alex ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Central Sydney Division of General Practice   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031922236     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1998.tb01173.x     Document Type: Article

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