Concurrent validity of the CAGE questionnaire. The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-307

  Skogen, Jens Christoffer ^a,b,c   Øverland, Simon ^a   Knudsen, Ann Kristin ^a   Mykletun, Arnstein ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Section of Mental Health Research   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Alcohol problems; CAGE; Validation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79151472979     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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