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Comment
. 2020 Sep;115(9):1681-1682.
doi: 10.1111/add.15102. Epub 2020 May 27.

Commentary on Witkiewitz et al. (2020): WHO risk drinking classification system is promising in clinical trials, but needs to be tested in other patient groups

Kristina Berglund  1
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Commentary on Witkiewitz et al. (2020): WHO risk drinking classification system is promising in clinical trials, but needs to be tested in other patient groups

Kristina Berglund. Addiction. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

Keywords: Alcohol dependence; WHO risk drinking levels; clinical trials; international collaboration; non-abstinent reductions; predictors of treatment outcome; psychiatric co-morbidity.

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