Effectiveness of brief interventions to reduce alcohol intake in primary health care populations: A meta-analysis

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 503-509

  Poikolainen, Kari ^a,b  

^a Jarvenpaa Addiction Hospital   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Early intervention; Meta analysis; glutamyltransferase

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032814256     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0467     Document Type: Article

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