Guidelines for the Reporting of Treatment Trials for Alcohol Use Disorders.

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Published in Alcohol Clin Exp Res on August 11, 2015

Authors

Katie Witkiewitz1,2, John W Finney3, Alex H S Harris3,4, Daniel R Kivlahan5,6, Henry R Kranzler7,8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2: Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
3: Center for Innovation to Implementation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California.
4: VA Substance Use Disorder Quality Enhancement Research Initiative, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, California.
5: Veterans Health Administration, Washington, District of Columbia.
6: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
7: Center for Studies of Addiction, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
8: VISN4 MIRECC, Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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