Screening and brief intervention for unhealthy drug use in primary care settings: Randomized clinical trials are needed

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Saitz, Richard ^a,b   Alford, Daniel P ^a   Bernstein, Judith ^b   Cheng, Debbie M ^a,b   Samet, Jeffrey ^a,b   Palfai, Tibor ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Brief intervention; Drug screening; Drug use; Primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649253188     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3181db6b67     Document Type: Review

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