The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) as a screen for at-risk drinking in primary care patients of different racial/ethnic backgrounds

Addiction

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 197-206

  Volk, Robert J ^a   Steinbauer, Jeffrey R ^a   Cantor, Scott B ^b   Holzer III, Charles E ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 0031054734     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1997.tb03652.x     Document Type: Article

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