Detection of alcohol misuse using a routine test panel: The early detection of alcohol consumption (EDAC) test

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-335

  Harasymiw, Jim ^a   Seaberg, Julie ^a   Bean, Pamela ^b  

^a Alcohol Detection Services   (United States)

^b Millennium Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 3242780171     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh061     Document Type: Article

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