Screening for alcohol dependence and abuse in women: Description, validation, and psychometric properties of a new screening instrument, SWAG, in a population study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 723-731

  Spak, Fredrik ^a,b   Hällström, Tore ^c  

^a Vasa Hospital   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Epidemiology; Screening; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029884918     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb01678.x     Document Type: Article

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