Validation of the alcohol use identification test in a prison sample living in the Arabian gulf region

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2001-2013

  Almarri, Tayyiba S K ^a   Oei, Tian P S ^a   Amir, Taha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Arab; AUDIT; Psychometric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOSLEM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 72949114630     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080902848533     Document Type: Article

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