A nice try that fails: The Swedish council on technology assessment in health care (SBU) evaluation of the effect of treatment of alcohol and drugs problems: The epidemiologist's view

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 416-418

  Poikolainen, Kari ^a  

^a Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies   (Finland)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEDEN;

ALCOHOLISM; HEALTH PLANNING COUNCILS; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 0036743055     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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