Brief intervention for male heavy drinkers in routine general practice: A three-year randomized controlled study

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 224-230

  Aalto, Mauri ^a,b,g   Seppä, Kaija ^b,c   Mattila, Pekka ^d   Mustonen, Heikki ^d   Ruuth, Kirsti ^d   Hyvärinen, Hannu ^d   Pulkkinen, Hannu ^d   Alho, Hannu ^a,e   Sillanaukee, Pekka ^a,b,c,f  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d City of Lahti Primary Health Care   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FINLAND; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034993905     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/36.3.224     Document Type: Article

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