Behavioral counseling after screening for alcohol misuse in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis for the U.S. preventive services task force

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 645-654

  Jonas, Daniel E ^a   Garbutt, James C ^a   Amick, Halle R ^b   Brown, Janice M ^c   Brownley, Kimberly A ^a   Council, Carol L ^d   Viera, Anthony J ^a   Wilkins, Tania M ^b   Schwartz, Cody J ^a   Richmond, Emily M ^c   Yeatts, John ^c   Evans, Tammeka Swinson ^d   Wood, Sally D ^c   Harris, Russell P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^*  (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIORAL COUNSELING; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COUNSELING; EMBASE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIVER DISEASE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84868667914     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-157-9-201211060-00544     Document Type: Review

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