Assessment and management of alcohol dependence and withdrawal in the acute hospital: concise guidance
Stephen Stewart and Sharon Swain
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/clinmedicine.12-3-266
Clin Med June 2012 Stephen Stewart
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin;
Roles: Consultant hepatologist and director for the Centre for Liver Disease
Sharon Swain
National Clinical Guidelines Centre
Roles: Senior research fellow
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vol. 12 no. 3 266-271
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- Published online June 1, 2012.
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© 2012 Royal College of Physicians
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- Stephen Stewart, Consultant hepatologist and director for the Centre for Liver Disease⇓ and
- Sharon Swain, Senior research fellow
- Address for correspondence: Dr Stephen Stewart, Centre for Liver Disease, 55 Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. Email: sstewart{at}mater.ie
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Assessment and management of alcohol dependence and withdrawal in the acute hospital: concise guidance
Stephen Stewart, Sharon Swain
Clinical Medicine Jun 2012, 12 (3) 266-271; DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.12-3-266
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