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Alcohol Research Quarterly:January - March 2004

Here is  the 14th issue of Alcohol Research Update featuring alcohol-related articles from peer-reviewed academic journals and research-oriented reports, newsletters and resources from a variety of Canadian and international sources. All sources were published between January and March 2004 and include at minimum, a link to an online abstract.  If a long link becomes broken, please copy and paste it directly into your web browser.

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CONTENTS

1. Alcohol / Substance Abuse Policy

2. Alcohol Advertising

3. Drinking & Driving

4. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

5. Injury/Violence/Crime Prevention

6. Low/High-Risk Drinking

7. Older Adults

8. Reports & Statistics

9.Practitioner Resources

10. Workplace

11.Youth & Young Adults

12. Other: Addictions Treatment

* Indicates Canadian content

1. ALCOHOL/SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY

Alignment of the policy planets: behind the implementation of the Northern Territory (Australia) Living With Alcohol programme*.
D'Abbs P.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2004 Mar;23(1):55-66.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14965887

Colleges respond to student binge drinking: reducing student demand or limiting access.
Wechsler H, Seibring M, Liu IC, Ahl M.
J Am Coll Health. 2004 Jan-Feb;52(4):159-68.
Full text: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/respond/
respondingg-1.pdf

Effects of alcohol controls: Nordic research traditions.
Room R.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2004 Mar;23(1):43-53.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14965886

To Label or Not to Label: The Pros and Cons of Alcohol Warning Labels in Pregnancy
Caprara, Daniela and Gideon Koren
J FAS Int 2004;2:e9 -
Full text: http://www.motherisk.org/JFAS/pdf/To_Label.pdf

The effects of US state income inequality and alcohol policies on symptoms of depression and alcohol dependence.
Henderson C, Liu X, Diez Roux AV, Link BG, Hasin D.
Soc Sci Med. 2004 Feb;58(3):565-75.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14652052

2. ALCOHOL ADVERTISING

Alcohol advertising exposure and perceptions: links with alcohol expectancies and intentions to drink or drinking in underaged youth and young adults.
Fleming K, Thorson E, Atkin CK.
J Health Commun. 2004 Jan-Feb;9(1):3-29.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14761831

Marketing of alcohol to young people: a comparison of the UK and Poland.
Cooke E, Hastings G, Wheeler C, Eadie D, Moskalewicz J,Dabrowska K.
Eur Addict Res. 2004;10(1):1-7.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14665799

3. DRINKING AND DRIVING

Potential risks of providing drinking drivers with BAC information.
Johnson MB, Voas RB.
Traffic Inj Prev. 2004 Mar;5(1):42-9.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14754674

4. FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER

Alcohol use in pregnant low-income women.
O'Connor MJ, Whaley SE.
J Stud Alcohol. 2003 Nov;64(6):773-83.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14743939

Classifying children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure using measures of attention.
Lee KT, Mattson SN, Riley EP.
J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2004 Mar;10(2):271-7.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15012847

Fetal alcohol syndrome: diagnosis, epidemiology, and developmental outcomes.
O'Leary CM.
J Paediatr Child Health. 2004 Jan-Feb;40(1-2):2-7.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14717994

Fetal alcohol syndrome prevention: annual and cumulative cost savings.
Klug MG, Burd L
Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2003 Nov-Dec;25(6):763-5.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14624977


See also:
Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 2003; 25(6):  The Four State Fetal Alcohol Consortium: Clinical and Epidemiologic Findings
Abstracts: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/08920362

Journal of FAS International 2004; Volume 2
Full text: http://www.motherisk.org/JFAS/

5. INJURY/VIOLENCE/CRIME PREVENTION

Correlates of rape while intoxicated in a national sample of college women.
Mohler-Kuo M, Dowdall GW, Koss MP, Wechsler H.
J Stud Alcohol. 2004 Jan;65(1):37-45.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15000502

Alcohol related falls: an interesting pattern of injuries
Johnston, J J E and S J McGovern
Emerg Med J 2004; 21:185-188
Abstract: http://emj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/2/185?
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fdate=1/1/2004&tdate=3/31/2004

** Environmental-temperature injury in a Canadian metropolis.
Koutsavlis AT, Kosatsky T.
J Environ Health. 2003 Dec;66(5):40-5.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14679723

Episodic alcohol use and risk of nonfatal injury.
Borges G, Cherpitel CJ, Mondragon L, Poznyak V, Peden M, Gutierrez I.
Am J Epidemiol. 2004 Mar 15;159(6):565-71
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15003960

See also:
SafetyLit, Injury Prevention Abstracts Online, Center for Injury Prevention Policy & Practice, San Diego State U
Abstracts: http://www.safetylit.org/week/newmenu.htm

Law, Regulation, Policing and Enforcement Prevention Research Summary, Number 8, February 2004
Australian Drug Foundation
Abstracts: http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/article.asp?
id=7047&ContainerID=467

6. LOW / HIGH RISK DRINKING

Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease mortality in hypertensive men.
Malinski MK, Sesso HD, Lopez-Jimenez F, Buring JE, Gaziano JM.
Arch Intern Med. 2004 Mar 22;164(6):623-8.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15037490

Adolescent substance use: beware of international comparisons.
J Adolesc Health. 2003 Oct;33(4):279-86
Pirkis JE, Irwin CE Jr, Brindis C, Patton GC, Sawyer MG.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14519570&dopt=Abstract

**Behavioral measures of drinking: patterns from the Alcohol Interlock Record.
Marques PR, Voas RB, Tippetts AS.
Addiction. 2003 Dec;98 Suppl 2:13-9.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14984238

The daily stress and coping process and alcohol use among college students.
Park CL, Armeli S, Tennen H.
J Stud Alcohol. 2004 Jan;65(1):126-35.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15000512

Drinking pattern and mortality in middle-aged men and women.
Tolstrup JS, Jensen MK, Tjonneland A, Overvad K, Gronbaek M.
Addiction. 2004 Mar;99(3):323-30.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14982545

Drunkenness among young people: a cross-national comparison.
Schmid H, Ter Bogt T, Godeau E, Hublet A, Dias SF, Fotiou A.
J Stud Alcohol. 2003 Sep;64(5):650-61.
Abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14572187&dopt=Abstract

Effects of Drinking on the Risk for Diabetes and Its Complications
Howard, Andrea A., Julia H. Arnsten, and Marc N. Gourevitch
Ann Intern Med, Feb 2004; 140: 211 - 219.
Abstract: http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/140/3/211?
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journalcode=annintmed

Encouraging GP Alcohol Intervention: Pilot Study of Change-Orientated Reflective Listening (CORL)
McCambridge, Jim, Simon Platts, David Whooley and John Strang
Alcohol & Alcoholism Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 146-149, 2004
Abstract: http://alcalc.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/39/2/146?
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Lifetime Alcohol Consumption and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Rate in Denmark: a Prospective Cohort Study
Anne Tjønneland, Jane Christensen, Birthe L. Thomsen, Anja Olsen, Connie Stripp, Kim Overvad, and Jørgen H. Olsen
J. Nutr., Jan 2004; 134: 173 - 178.
Abstract: http://www.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/134/1/173?
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&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=10&sortspec=relevance&
fdate=1/1/2004&tdate=3/31/2004

Patterns of alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk in the California Teachers Study cohort.
Horn-Ross PL, Canchola AJ, West DW, Stewart SL, Bernstein L, Deapen D, Pinder R, Ross RK, Anton-Culver H, Peel D, Ziogas A, Reynolds P, Wright W.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004 Mar;13(3):405-11.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15006916


** The 2004 Canadian recommendations for the management of hypertension: Part III--Lifestyle modifications to prevent and control hypertension.
Touyz RM, Campbell N, Logan A, Gledhill N, Petrella R, Padwal R; Canadian Hypertension Education Program.
Can J Cardiol. 2004 Jan;20(1):55-9.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14968143

** Serving alcohol at home: what do most people do? Findings from a 2001 Ontario adult survey
Lise Anglin, Norman Giesbrecht, Anca Ialomiteanu, Larry Grand, Robert Mann, Janet McAllister
Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy February 2004; 11(1):21 - 33.
Abstract: http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp
?id=rxfpajafhlj3pytf

Smoking and drinking as complementary behaviours.
Room, R
Biomed Pharmacother. 2004 Mar;58(2):111-5.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14992792

** The use of preventive healthcare by Canadian women who drink alcohol.
Urbanoski KA.
Prev Med. 2003 Oct;37(4):334-41.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14507490

7. OLDER ADULTS

Alcohol use disorders in elderly people-redefining an age old problem in old age
Henry O'Connell, Ai-Vyrn Chin, Conal Cunningham, and Brian Lawlor
BMJ 2003;327:664-667
Full text: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/327/7416/664

Patterns and determinants of alcohol consumption in people aged 75 years and older: results from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the community
Shakoor Hajat, Andy Haines, Christopher Bulpitt and Astrid Fletcher
Age and Ageing 2004; 33: 170-177
Abstract: http://ageing.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/33/2/170?
maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1&andorexacttitle=
and&titleabstract=alcohol&andorexacttitleabs=and&
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&FIRSTINDEX=20&sortspec=relevance&fdate=1/1/2004&
tdate=3/31/2004

Using Alcohol Screening Results and Treatment History to Assess the Severity of At-Risk Drinking in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Patients
Bradley, Katharine A et al
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, March 2004; 28(3):448-455.
Abstract: http://www.alcoholism-cer.com/pt/re/alcoholism/
abstract.00000374-200403000-00012.htm;jsessionid=
AtiEgKq8XSoSsjhgtj2N22Hg41IReT2WegqDS177CCrqpgZRFAed!-
853824192

8. REPORTS & STATISTICS

Alcohol Advertising Factsheet (UK)
Institute of Alcohol Studies, March 8, 2004
Full text: http://www.ias.org.uk/images/pdfsmall.gif

** Alcohol, Trauma and Impaired Driving
MADD Canada, February 2004
Full text: http://madd.ca/english/research/real_facts.pdf

Calling Time: The Nation's drinking as a major health issue (UK)
The Academy of Medical Sciences, 2004 
Full text: http://www.acmedsci.ac.uk/p_callingtime.pdf

Child Endangerment Report: Every Child Deserves a Designated Driver (US)
MADD USA, 2004
Full text: http://www.madd.org/docs/CE_Report_Final.pdf

See also: Child passenger deaths involving drinking drivers--United States, 1997-2002 (US)
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004 Feb 6;53(4):77-9.
Full text: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/
mm5304a2.htm

Clicking with Kids - Alcohol Marketing and Youth on the Internet (US)
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, March 2004
Full text: http://camy.org/research/internet0304/

** DWI System Improvements - Stopping the Revolving Door
Robertson, Robyn D and Herb M Simpson
Traffic Injury Research Foundation, January 2004
Synthesis Report: http://www.trafficinjuryresearch.com/
whatNew/newsItemPDFs/DWI_Synthesis_Report.pdf

Other Backgrounders: http://www.trafficinjuryresearch.com/whatNew/
whatNew.cfm?intNewsID=126&intContactID=3

Food for Thought: Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders (US)
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), December 2003
Full text: http://www.casacolumbia.org

Law, regulation, policing and enforcement in the prevention of alcohol-related harm (Prevention Research and Evaluation Report)(AU)
Australian Drug Foundation, February 2004
Full text: http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/article.asp?
id=7172&ContainerID=466

Neuroscience of Psychoactive Substance Use and Dependence
WHO, March 2004
Full text: http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/
publications/en/Neuroscience.pdf

** Study: Health and behaviours of youth: Rural-urban comparison, 2001
The Daily, March 23, 2004
Full text: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040323/d040323b.htm

** Trends in drug offences and the role of alcohol and drugs in crime 2002
The Daily, February 23, 2004, StatsCan
Full text: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040223/d040223a.htm

Youth Exposure to Radio Advertising for Alcohol: United States, Summer 2003 (US)
  The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, January 2004
  Full text: http://camy.org/research/radio0104/

9. PRACTITIONER RESOURCES

ALAC's definition of Early Intervention, Policy Statement #4
Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand, January 2004
Full text: http://www.alcohol.org.nz/resources/
publications/Policystatement_EI.pdf

Participating in Federal Public Policy: A Guide for the Voluntary Sector
The Capacity Joint Table Advisory Committee
Full text: http://www.vsi-isbc.ca/eng/policy/policy_guide.cfm 

Prevention issues in communities characterised by cultural and linguistic diversity
DrugInfo Newsletter Nov 2003;2(2)
Drug Information Clearinghouse (AU)
Full text: http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/newsletter.asp?id=604

Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility
National Academy of Science, 2004 (US)
Executive Summary: http://books.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/10729.pdf

Full document: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309089352/html/

10. WORKPLACE

Estimating risk reduction required to break even in a health promotion program.
Ozminkowski RJ, Goetzel RZ, Santoro J, Saenz BJ, Eley C, Gorsky B.
Am J Health Promot. 2004 Mar-Apr;18(4):316-25.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15011932

11. YOUTH & YOUNG ADULTS

Are Social Norms Campaigns Really Magic Bullets? Assessing the Effects of Students' Misperceptions on Drinking Behavior
Campo, Shelly et al
Health Communication October 2003; 15(4):481-497
Abstract: http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/
S15327027HC1504_06;jsessionid=ii40mtTdBZVg?cookieSet=1

Drinking restraint, alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence among children of alcoholics.
Trim RS, Chassin L.
J Stud Alcohol. 2004 Jan;65(1):122-5.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15000511

Engaging Rural Parents in Family-Focused Programs to Prevent Youth Substance Abuse
Cleve Redmond, Richard Spoth, Chungyeol Shin, Gretchen J. Hill
The Journal of Primary Prevention Spring 2004;24(3):223-242.
Abstract: http://ipsapp007.kluweronline.com/IPS/content
/ext/x/J/4931/I/27/A/2/abstract.htm

Preventing alcohol-related harm in college students: Alcohol-related Harm Prevention program effects on hypothesized mediating variables
J. W. Graham, J. W. Tatterson, M. M. Roberts, and S. E. Johnston
Health Educ. Res., Jan 2004; 19: 71 - 84.
Abstract: http://her.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract
/19/1/71?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=1
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=and&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1080864171992_3435
&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=10&sortspec=relevance&
fdate=1/1/2004&tdate=3/31/2004

** The relationship between parental substance abuse and child maltreatment: findings from the Ontario Health Supplement.
Walsh C, MacMillan HL, Jamieson E.
Child Abuse Negl. 2003 Dec;27(12):1409-25.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14644058

Secondhand effects of alcohol use among university students:computerised survey
John D Langley, Kypros Kypri and Shaun CR Stephenson
BMJ 2003;327:1023-1024
Full text: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/327/7422/1023

Self-generated alcohol outcomes in 8th and 10th graders: exposure to vicarious sources of alcohol information.
Zogg JB, Ma H, Dent CW, Stacy AW.
Addict Behav. 2004 Jan;29(1):3-16.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14667417

What we can--and cannot--expect from school-based drug prevention.
Caulkins J, Pacula RL, Paddock S, Chiesa J.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2004 Mar;23(1):79-87.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14965889

12. OTHER: ADDICTIONS TREATMENT

A 4-Year Longitudinal Study on Risk Factors for Alcoholism
Cheng, Andrew TA; Shur-Fen Gau; Tony H. H. Chen; Jung-Chen Chang; Yuh-Terng Chang
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2004;61:184-191.
Abstract: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/
abstract/61/2/184?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&
RESULTFORMAT=1&title=a&andorexacttitle=and&
titleabstract=alcohol&andorexacttitleabs=and&
andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1080752398274_3580
&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=
relevance&fdate=1/1/2004

Changes in patterns of excessive alcohol consumption in 25 years of high security hospital admissions from England and Wales.
McMahon C, Butwell M, Taylor PJ.
Crim Behav Ment Health. 2003;13(1):17-30.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14624269

Effects of prolonged oral nutritional support in malnourished cirrhotic patients: results of a pilot study.
Cunha L, Happi Nono M, Guibert AL, Nidegger D, Beau P, Beauchant M.
Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2004 Jan;28(1):36-9.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15041808

Effectiveness of opportunistic brief interventions for problem drinking in a general hospital setting: systematic review
Emmen, Maria J, Gerard M Schippers, Gijs Bleijenberg, Hub Wollersheim
BMJ  2004;328:318
Full text: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/
bmj.37956.562130.EEv1

General practitioners' diagnostic skills and referral practices in managing patients with drug and alcohol-related health problems: implications for medical training and education programmes.
Fucito L, Gomes B, Murnion B, Haber P.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 2003 Dec;22(4):417-24.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14660131

** Sociodemographic factors associated with comorbid major depressive episodes and alcohol dependence in the general population.
Wang J, El-Guebaly N.
Can J Psychiatry. 2004 Jan;49(1):37-44.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov:80/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=14763676

Web-based interventions for substance use disorders; A qualitative review.
Copeland J, Martin G.
J Subst Abuse Treat. 2004 Mar;26(2):109-16.
Abstract: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15050088

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