Screening for problem drinking: Comparison of CAGE and AUDIT

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 379-389

  Bradley, Katharine A ^a,b   Bush, Kristen R ^a   McDonell, Mary B ^a   Malone, Timothy ^b   Fihn, Stephan D ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Alcohol drinking; AUDIT; CAGE; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICS; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VETERAN;

AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-ASSESSMENT; VETERANS;

EID: 0031780280     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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