Talk is cheap: Measuring drinking outcomes in clinical trials

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-63

  Babor, Thomas F ^a   Steinberg, Karen ^a   Anton, Ray ^a,b   Del Boca, Frances ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVER FUNCTION;

EID: 0033988605     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2000.61.55     Document Type: Article

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