Validity of brief alcohol screening tests among adolescents: A comparison of the AUDIT, POSIT, CAGE, and CRAFFT

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Knight, John R ^a   Sherritt, Lon ^b   Harris, Sion Kim ^b   Gates, Elizabeth C ^b   Chang, Grace ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Alcoholism; Sensitivity and Specificity; Substance Abuse Detection; Substance Related Disorders

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0037257257     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2003.tb02723.x     Document Type: Article

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