Systematic review of alcohol screening tools for use in the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 182-191

  Jones, Lucy A ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FAST ALCOHOL SCREENING TOOL; HUMAN; PADDINGTON ALCOHOL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ALCOHOL PROBLEM SCREEN 4; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TWEAK TEST;

ALCOHOLISM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79952592624     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.085324     Document Type: Review

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