Efficacy of the alcohol use disorders identification test as a screening tool for hazardous alcohol intake and related disorders in primary care: A validity study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7078, 1997, Pages 420-424

  Piccinelli, Marco ^a,b   Tessari, Elisabetta ^a   Bortolomasi, Marco ^a   Piasere, Orazio ^a   Semenzin, Massimo ^a   Garzotto, Nicola ^a   Tansella, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0031013310     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7078.420     Document Type: Article

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