[Commentary] quality improvement interventions for screening and treatment of at-risk drinkers need to be sustained and positively reinforced over time to maximize results

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1281-1282

  Ballesteros, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Brief interventions; Counselling; Hypertension; Primary care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

ALCOHOLISM; COUNSELING; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 47549092200     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02298.x     Document Type: Note

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