Brief intervention for female heavy drinkers in routine general practice: A 3-year randomized, controlled study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1680-1686

  Aalto, Mauri ^a   Saksanen, Reijo ^b   Laine, Pirkko ^b   Forsström, Raija ^b   Raikaa, Mia ^b   Kiviluoto, Markku ^b   Seppä, Kaija ^c,d   Sillanaukee, Pekka ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b City of Lahti Primary Health Care   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Counseling; Prevention; Primary health care; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033739072     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb01969.x     Document Type: Article

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