Grasping the thistle: The role of alcohol brief interventions in Scottish alcohol policy

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 603-607

  Graham, Lesley J C ^a   Mackinnon, Donna ^b  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcoholism; Epidemiology; Liver cirrhosis; Public policy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; COUNSELING; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 77958522858     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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