A comparison of two single-item screeners for hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorder

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 364-374

  Dawson, Deborah A ^a,b   Pulay, Attila J ^a   Grant, Bridget F ^a  

^a Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biometry   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

AUD; Hazardous Drinking; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SAMPLE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK-TAKING; TEMPERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549184490     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01098.x     Document Type: Article

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