General Practitioners' views of home detoxification

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 395-406

  Roche, Ann M ^a   Watt, Kerrianne ^a,b   Fischer, Jane ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Natl Ctr Educ Train on Addict   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol drug experiences; General practitioners; Home detoxification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035729607     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230120092788     Document Type: Article

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