Performance of screening instruments for identifying alcohol dependence in the general population, compared with clinical populations

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1399-1404

  Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

CAGE; Clinical Populations; General Population; Screening; TWEAK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MISSISSIPPI; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031759131     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03926.x     Document Type: Article

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