Screening college students for alcohol problems: Psychometric assessment of the sassi-2

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 439-446

  Myerholtz, Linda ^a   Rosenberg, Harold ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031776090     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1998.59.439     Document Type: Article

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