Alcohol consumption and alcohol counselling behaviour among US medical students: Cohort study

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7679, 2008, Pages 1150-1153

  Frank, Erica ^a,b   Elon, Lisa ^c   Naimi, Timothy ^d   Brewer, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56749130482     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a2155     Document Type: Article

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