Tackling alcohol misuse at the front line

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7567, 2006, Pages 510-511

  Touquet, Robin ^a   Paton, Alex ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

EID: 33748796638     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.38961.556470.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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