Compliance rate and associated factors for entering an alcohol brief intervention treatment programme

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 372-376

  Aalto, Mauri ^a   Sillanaukee, Pekka ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FIT   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

EID: 0033860089     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/35.4.372     Document Type: Article

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