The validity of the CAGE scale to screen for heavy drinking and drinking problems in a general population survey

Addiction

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 715-722

  Bisson, Jocelyn ^a   Nadeau, Louise ^b   Demers, Andrée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b GRASP ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING;

EID: 0032917923     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1999.9457159.x     Document Type: Article

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