Helping others and long-term sobriety: Who should I help to stay sober?

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-50

  Pagano, Maria E ^a,c   Zeltner, Brie B ^a   Jaber, Jihad ^a   Post, Stephen G ^a   Zywiak, William H ^b   Stout, Robert L ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60549099023     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: 15444538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07347320802586726     Document Type: Article

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