Biological markers of problem drinking in homeless patients

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-262

  Thiesen, Henrik ^a   Hesse, Morten ^b  

^a City of Copenhagen HealthTeam ^*  (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; Diagnostic efficiency; Gamma glutamyl transferrase; Misclassification

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAST ALCOHOL SCREENING TEST; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DENMARK; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71849104611     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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