Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Kaner, Eileen F S ^a   Beyer, Fiona R ^a   Muirhead, Colin ^a   Campbell, Fiona ^b   Pienaar, Elizabeth D ^c   Bertholet, Nicolas ^d   Daeppen, Jean B ^d   Saunders, John B ^e   Burnand, Bernard ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^e ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BINGE DRINKING; BRIEF NEGOTIATED INTERVIEW; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ALCOHOLISM; EMERGENCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; EMERGENCIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85032160729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004148.pub4     Document Type: Review

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