The Michigan alcoholism screening test and its shortened form: A meta-analytic inquiry into score reliability

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1783-1800

  Shields, Alan L ^a,c   Howell, Ryan T ^b   Potter, Jennifer Sharpe ^c   Weiss, Roger D ^c  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol screening; MAST; Reliability; Reliability generalization; SMAST

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MICHIGAN;

EID: 35348893725     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701212295     Document Type: Article

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