Problem drinking profiles of patients presenting to general practitioners: Analysis of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scores for the Auckland area

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1105, 2000, Pages 74-77

  Paton Simpson, Grant ^b   McCormick, I Ross ^c   Powell, Ann ^c   Adams, Peter ^c   Bunbury, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Regl Alcohol Drug Serv Clin I   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034628830     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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