Why should we need a European Federation of Addiction Societies?

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 692-693

  Mann, Karl F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Addiction consequences; Addiction research; Addiction societies; Benchmarking in treatment and prevention; Burden of disease; Disability adjusted life years

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

EUROPE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84857629628     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03666.x     Document Type: Editorial

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