Estimating measurement error in alcohol dependence symptomatology: Findings from a multisite study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 13-20

  Babor, Thomas F ^a   Del Boca, Frances K ^a   McRee, Bonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; DSM III R; Reliability; SCID

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DETOXIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031010723     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-8716(97)01340-9     Document Type: Article

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