Validation of the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test (ASSIST)

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1039-1047

  Humeniuk, Rachel ^a,h   Ali, Robert ^a   Babor, Thomas F ^b   Farrell, Michael ^c   Formigoni, Maria L ^d   Jittiwutikarn, Jaroon ^e   De Lacerda, Roseli B ^f   Ling, Walter ^g   Marsden, John ^c   Monteiro, Maristela ^h   Nhiwatiwa, Sekai ⁱ   Pal, Hemraj ^j   Poznyak, Vladimir ^h   Simon, Sara ^g  

^a Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council Inc   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e Northern Drug Dependence Centre   (Thailand)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^j ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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Author keywords

Alcohol; ASSIST; Illicit drugs; Psychometrics; Screening test; Tobacco; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADDICTION SEVERITY INDEX LITE; ADULT; ALCOHOL SMOKING AND SUBSTANCE INVOLVEMENT SCREENING TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE SCREENING TEST; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAGERSTROM TOLERANCE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAUDSLEY ADDICTION PROFILE; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING OF INJECTION SITE CONDITION; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF DEPENDENCE SCALE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 43949139248     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02114.x     Document Type: Article

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