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Outreach visits improve referral of alcohol dependent patients from psychiatric hospital to continued care. A randomized trial

Anette Søgaard NielsenUnit of Clinical Alcohol Research, Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; ;Department of Psychiatric, University Function, Region of Southern Denmark, Odense, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Bent NielsenUnit of Clinical Alcohol Research, Clinical Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; ;Department of Psychiatric, University Function, Region of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Pages 303-310 | Received 25 Sep 2017, Accepted 08 Mar 2018, Published online: 21 Mar 2018

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