Comparison of screening instruments for alcohol problems between black and white emergency room patients from two regions of the country

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1391-1397

  Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; ER; Ethnicity; Region; Screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030725423     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04467.x     Document Type: Article

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