title: Some barriers to effective alcoholism research.
abstract: Barriers to effective alcoholism research include the search for unitary etiological factors, the difficulties in assembling homogeneous samples of subjects for study, the lack of widespread multidisciplinary efforts, and uncertainty about the goals of treatment for alcoholism. Innovative research approaches are needed for alcoholism prevention in order to preclude the proliferation of patterns of alcohol abuse.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D012107:Research Design; D012494:Sampling Studies