Some medical inpatients with unhealthy alcohol use may benefit from brief intervention

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 426-435

  Saitz, Richard ^a   Palfai, Tibor P ^b   Cheng, Debbie M ^b   Horton, Nicholas J ^c   Dukes, Kim ^d   Kraemer, Kevin L ^e   Roberts, Mark S ^e   Guerriero, Rosanne T ^f   Samet, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DM STAT Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68949205796     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2009.70.426     Document Type: Article

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