Comparison of short questionnaires on alcohol drinking behavior in a nonclinical population of 36-year-old men and women

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1041-1060

  Koppes, Lando L J ^a,c   Twisk, Jos W R ^a   Snel, Jan ^b   Van Mechelen, Willem ^a,c   Kemper, Han C G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CAGE; MAX; Problematic alcohol use; QF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4444240202     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120030061     Document Type: Article

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