Comfortably engaging: Which approach to alcohol screening should we use?

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 398-404

  Vinson, Daniel C ^a   Galliher, James M ^b   Reidinger, Carol ^a   Kappus, Jennifer A ^b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Alcohol induced disorders diagnosis; Drinking behavior; Mass screening; Patient acceptance of health care

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7044274695     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.83     Document Type: Article

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