Problem drinkers: Find them, keep them, don't lose them - Treat them

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-97

  O'Connor, Patrick G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING; SMOKING;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; COUNSELING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 13944262786     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.04005.x     Document Type: Editorial

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