Comparison of two formats of the weekly recall and quantity-frequency alcohol measures

Journal of Substance Use

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 164-169

  Lahaut, Viviënne V H C J ^a,c   Jansen, Harrie A M ^a   van de Mheen, Dike ^a   Garretsen, Henk F L ^a,b  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Quantity frequency; Weekly recall

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0348229077     PISSN: 14659891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14659890310001600179     Document Type: Article

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