The AUDIT alcohol consumption questions: Reliability, validity, and responsiveness to change in older male primary care patients

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1842-1849

  Bradley, Katharine A ^a,b   McDonell, Mary B ^a   Bush, Kristen ^a,c   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^a,c   Diehr, Paula ^b   Fihn, Stephan D ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Drinking; AUDIT; Primary Care; Responsiveness to Change; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031759657     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03991.x     Document Type: Article

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