The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): Reliability and validity of the Greek version

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Moussas, George ^a   Dadouti, Georgia ^b   Douzenis, Athanassios ^a   Poulis, Evangelos ^b   Tzelembis, Athanassios ^c   Bratis, Dimitris ^c   Christodoulou, Christos ^a   Lykouras, Lefteris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Second Department of Radiology   (Greece)

^c SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 67649243716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-8-11     Document Type: Article

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