The mixed evidence for brief intervention in emergency departments, trauma care centers, and inpatient hospital settings: What should we do?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2004-2010

  Field, Craig A ^a,b   Baird, Janette ^c   Saitz, Richard ^d   Caetano, Raul ^e   Monti, Peter M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b University Medical Center Brackenridge   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief Intervention; Emergency Departments; Inpatient Hospital Settings; Review; Trauma Centers

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLISM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649574290     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01297.x     Document Type: Letter

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