Is there a difference between CAGE interviews and written CAGE questionnaires?

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 733-736

  Aertgeerts, Bert ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a,c   Fevery, Johan ^b   Ansoms, Stan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; CAGE Questionnaire; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034119108     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02047.x     Document Type: Article

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