Remission of alcohol disorders in primary care patients does diagnosis matter?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 522-528

  Brown, Richard L ^a   Saunders, Laura A ^a   Bobula, James A ^a   Lauster, Martha H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Primary health care.; Remission, spontaneous; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REMISSION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COUNSELING; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0033909977     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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