Simplifying alcohol assessment: Two questions to identify alcohol use disorders

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1392-1398

  Vinson, Daniel C ^a   Kruse, Robin L ^a   Seale, J Paul ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Primary Healthcare; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELEPHONE; TRIAGE;

EID: 34447332576     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2007.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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