Alcohol counseling reflects higher quality of primary care.

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on July 10, 2008

Authors

Richard Saitz1, Nicholas J Horton, Debbie M Cheng, Jeffrey H Samet

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Addiction Research and Education Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA. rsaitz@bu.edu

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