DOVER and QUVER - New marker combinations to detect and monitor at-risk drinking

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1372-1380

  Berner, Michael M ^a   Bentele, Michael ^a   Kriston, Levente ^a   Mänz, Constantin ^b   Clement, Hans Willi ^a   Härter, Martin ^a   Mundle, Götz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AT RISK DRINKING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROC CURVE; SCREENING; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 33746343630     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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