The fast alcohol screening test (FAST) is as good as the AUDIT to screen alcohol use disorders

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1542-1557

  Meneses Gaya, Carolina ^a   Crippa, José Alexandre S ^a   Zuardi, Antonio Waldo ^a   Loureiro, Sonia Regina ^a   Hallak, Jaime E C ^a   Trzesniak, Clarissa ^a   MacHado De Sousa, João Paulo ^a   Chagas, Marcos Hortes Nisihara ^a   Souza, Roberto Molina ^a   Martn Santos, Rocio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Alcohol use disorders identification test; Fast alcohol screening test; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954227315     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826081003682206     Document Type: Article

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