Taking on Substance Abuse in the Emergency Room: One Hospital's SBIRT Story

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 984-990

  Parker, Gary ^a   Libart, Dane ^b   Fanning, Linda ^a   Higgs, Tracy ^a   Dirickson, Cathy ^a  

^a Mercy Health Center   (United States)

^b Prevention and Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; SBIRT; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871195925     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-012-9394-1     Document Type: Article

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