The reliability and validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in a German general practice population sample

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 473-481

  Dybek, Inga ^a   Bischof, Gallus ^a   Grothues, Janina ^a   Reinhardt, Susa ^a   Meyer, Christian ^a,b   Hapke, Ulfert ^a,b   John, Ulrich ^a,b   Broocks, Andreas ^a,c   Hohagen, Fritz ^a   Rumpf, Hans Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c HELIOS KLINIKEN SCHWERIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33645965573     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.473     Document Type: Article

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