The use of AUDIT to assess level of alcohol problems in rural Vietnam

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 578-583

  Giang, Kim Bao ^a,c   Spak, Fredik ^b   Dzung, Ruong Viet ^a,d   Allebeck, Peter ^b,c  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 27744484495     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh198     Document Type: Article

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