Population screening of risky alcohol and drug use via Internet and Interactive Voice Response (IVR): A feasibility and psychometric study in a random sample

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-60

  Sinadinovic, Kristina ^a,b   Wennberg, Peter ^a,b,c   Berman, Anne H ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Center for Dependency Disorders   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Illicit drugs; Internet; IVR; Population survey; Screening

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DRUG ABUSE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DATA COLLECTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79751526104     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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