Treatment setting and treatment outcome in alcohol dependency: Residential and day-care options compared

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 251-259

  Booth, Peter G ^a   Jones, Arfon ^a   Taylor, Norma ^a   Murphy, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependency; Attrition; Choice; Day care; Residential care; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032368181     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1998.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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