Effectiveness of the AUDIT-C as a screening test for alcohol misuse in three race/ethnic groups

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 781-787

  Frank, Danielle ^a   DeBenedetti, Anna F ^a   Volk, Robert J ^d   Williams, Emily C ^a,b   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^a,c   Bradley, Katharine A ^a,b,e  

^a VA Puget Sound Health Services Research and Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol misuse; Diagnostic test; Ethnicity; Race; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43949101687     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0594-0     Document Type: Article

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