When is it appropriate to address patients' alcohol consumption in health care-national survey of views of the general population in Sweden

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1211-1216

  Nilsen, Per ^a   Bendtsen, Preben ^a   McCambridge, Jim ^b   Karlsson, Nadine ^a   Dalal, Koustuv ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Hazardous drinking; Health care system; Prevention; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864002083     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2012.05.024     Document Type: Article

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