Review: brief multicontact behavioural counselling interventions in primary care reduce risky or harmful alcohol useBehavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce risky/harmful alcohol use by adults: a summary of the evidence for the US Preventive Services Task Force.

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For correspondence: Dr E P Whitlock, Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, and Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA. [email protected]

Source of funding: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.