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Moving Away from the Tip of the Pyramid: Screening and Brief Intervention for Risky Alcohol and Opioid Use in Underserved Patients

Kamilla L. Venner, Victoria Sánchez, Jacqueline Garcia, Robert L. Williams and Andrew L. Sussman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2018, 31 (2) 243-251; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170134
Kamilla L. Venner
From the Department of Psychology and Center on Alcoholism Substance Abuse, and Addiction (KLV), College of Population Health (VS), Department of Family and Community Medicine (JG, RW, ALS), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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Victoria Sánchez
From the Department of Psychology and Center on Alcoholism Substance Abuse, and Addiction (KLV), College of Population Health (VS), Department of Family and Community Medicine (JG, RW, ALS), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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Jacqueline Garcia
From the Department of Psychology and Center on Alcoholism Substance Abuse, and Addiction (KLV), College of Population Health (VS), Department of Family and Community Medicine (JG, RW, ALS), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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Robert L. Williams
From the Department of Psychology and Center on Alcoholism Substance Abuse, and Addiction (KLV), College of Population Health (VS), Department of Family and Community Medicine (JG, RW, ALS), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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Andrew L. Sussman
From the Department of Psychology and Center on Alcoholism Substance Abuse, and Addiction (KLV), College of Population Health (VS), Department of Family and Community Medicine (JG, RW, ALS), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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Kamilla L. Venner, Victoria Sánchez, Jacqueline Garcia, Robert L. Williams, Andrew L. Sussman
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2018, 31 (2) 243-251; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170134

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Mar 2018, 31 (2) 243-251; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170134
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