The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Scale (AUDIT) normative scores for a multiracial sample of Rhodes University residence students

Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-23

  Young, Charles ^a   Mayson, Tamara ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION SCALE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78649706748     PISSN: 17280583     EISSN: 17280591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/17280583.2010.493659     Document Type: Article

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