General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 103-107 , March 2003

Six-month outcomes of hospital-based psychiatric substance use consultations

  • Riitta Alaja, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +358–3-247-6849; fax: +358-3-247-4335.
    • Department of General Hospital Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Kaija Seppä, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Hospital Psychiatry, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

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PII: S0163-8343(03)00002-1

doi: 10.1016/S0163-8343(03)00002-1

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 103-107 , March 2003

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