Using the Timeline Followback to determine time windows representative of annual alcohol consumption with problem drinkers

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1123-1130

  Vakili, Shervin ^a   Sobell, Linda Carter ^b   Sobell, Mark B ^b   Simco, Edward R ^b   Agrawal, Sangeeta ^c  

^a CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drinking; Drinking time intervals; Problem drinkers; Timeline Followback

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESEARCH; TECHNIQUE; TIMELINE FOLLOWBACK;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CANADA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 46249111854     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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