The two worlds of alcohol problems: Who is in treatment and who is not?

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-84

  Storbjörk, Jessica ^a   Room, Robin ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; General and clinical populations; Marginalization; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349190068     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350701578136     Document Type: Article

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