Factors affecting agreement between alcohol abusers' and their collaterals' reports

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-413

  Sobell, Linda C ^a,b   Agrawal, Sangeeta ^a,c   Sobell, Mark B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030951281     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1997.58.405     Document Type: Article

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