Ultra-brief intervention for problem drinkers: research protocol
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Ultra-brief intervention for problem drinkers: research protocol
BACKGROUND Helping the large number of problem drinkers who will never seek treatment is a challenging issue. Public health initiatives employing educational materials or mass media campaigns have met with mixed success. However, clinical research has developed effective brief interventions to help problem drinkers. This project will employ an intervention that has been validated in clinical se...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Public Health
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-298