The benefits of the CAGE as a screening tool for alcoholism in a closed rural Ssouth African community

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 976-979

  Claassen, J N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032705125     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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