Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 247-252 , October 2002

Outcomes for untreated individuals involved in randomized trials of alcohol treatment

  • Anne Moyer, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Department of Psychology, Stony Brook, NY 11794-2500, USA. Tel.: +1-631-632-7811; fax: +1-631-632-7876.
    • ,
  • John W. Finney, Ph.D.

Received 12 December 2001 ,Revised 19 April 2002 ,Accepted 13 May 2002.

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Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 23, Issue 3 , Pages 247-252 , October 2002

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