Hazardous and harmful alcohol consumption in primary care

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1681-1689

  Reid, M Carrington ^a,b,c,e   Fiellin, David A ^b,d   O'Connor, Patrick G ^b  

^a Clinical Epidemiology Unit   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033598101     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.15.1681     Document Type: Review

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