Lessons learned for follow-up phone booster counseling calls with substance abusing emergency department patients
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Follow-up services after an emergency department visit for substance abuse.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0740-5472
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2014.10.013