The severity of unhealthy alcohol use in hospitalized medical patients: The spectrum is narrow

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 381-385

  Saitz, Richard ^a,b,e   Freedner, Naomi ^a,b   Palfai, Tibor P ^b,c   Horton, Nicholas J ^d   Samet, Jeffrey H ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Hospital; Inpatient; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646260689     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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