Validation of the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test-Thai version in northeast Thailand

Kurume Medical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-319

  Nanakorn, Somsong ^a,d   Fukuda, Katsuhiro ^d   Tangseree, Tawee ^b   Treethiptikhun, Suchart ^c   Nakamura, Jun ^d   Ogimoto, Itsuro ^d   Inutsuka, Hiroki ^d  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b University of Khon Kaen   (Thailand)

^c NE Drug Dependence Treatment Center ^*  (Thailand)

^d KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test; Receiver Operating Characteristic analysis; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; THAILAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; THAILAND;

EID: 0032240046     PISSN: 00235679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2739/kurumemedj.45.313     Document Type: Article

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