Brief physician advice reduced drinking in older adults
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Brief physician advice reduced drinking in older adults.
and commentary also published in Evidence-Based Medicine.
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عنوان ژورنال: Western Journal of Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0093-0415
DOI: 10.1136/ewjm.172.1.27