The TWEAK is Weak for Alcohol Screening among Female Veterans Affairs Outpatients

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1971-1978

  Bush, Kristen R ^a,c   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^a,b   Davis, Tania M ^a,b   Dobie, Dorcas J ^a,b   Sporleder, Jennifer L ^a   Epler, Amee J ^a   Bradley, Katharine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Screening; AUDIT; AUDIT C; TWEAK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUDIT C TEST; AUDIT TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; TWEAK TEST;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0345733795     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000099262.50094.98     Document Type: Article

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