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The best evidence for alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care supports efficacy, at best, not effectiveness: You say tomāto, I say tomăto? That’s not all it’s about

Author: Richard Saitz

Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice | Issue 1/2014

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Title: The best evidence for alcohol screening and brief intervention in primary care supports efficacy, at best, not effectiveness: You say tomāto, I say tomăto? That’s not all it’s about
Author: Richard Saitz
Publication date: 01-12-2014
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice / Issue 1/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1940-0640
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-9-14

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