The AUDIT alcohol consumption questions (AUDIT-C): An effective brief screening test for problem drinking

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1789-1795

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 0032517042     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.16.1789     Document Type: Article

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