Primary health care physicians' definitions on when to advise a patient about weekly and binge drinking

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1321-1330

  Aalto, Mauri ^a   Seppä, Kaija ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Brief intervention; Health education; Patient education; Prevention; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERIODICITY; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34247391993     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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