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Thursday, August 7, 2008

UNIVERSAL SCREENING FOR ALCOHOL PROBLEMS IN PRIMARY CARE FAILS IN DENMARK AND NO LONGER ON UK AGENDA

Negative findings from a Danish attempt to implement the primary care screening and brief intervention protocol for heavy drinkers which emerged from World Health Organization trials suggest it was right for the UK to turn away from universal screening. So controversial was an earlier report from the study that it was decided to wait until the dust had settled before publication ...

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