Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 13-20 , 1 September 2010

The effectiveness of brief intervention among injured patients with alcohol dependence: Who benefits from brief interventions?

  • Craig A. Field

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, Center for Social Work Research, Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, 1717 West 6th St, Suite 295, Austin, TX 78703, United States
    • Behavioral Health Services, Screening and Brief Intervention, University Medical Center at Brackenridge, 601 E 6th St, Austin, TX 78701, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, Center for Social Work Research, Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, 1717 West 6th St, Suite 295, Austin, TX 78703, United States. Tel.: +1 512 232 0634; fax: +1 512 232 0638.
    • ,
  • Raul Caetano

      Affiliations

    • University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Dallas Regional Campus, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., V8.112, Dallas, TX 75390-9128, United States
    • Allied Health, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 5303 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75235, United States

Received 24 January 2009 ,Revised 20 November 2009 ,Accepted 27 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.11.025

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 111, Issue 1 , Pages 13-20 , 1 September 2010

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