Assessing reliability of measures using routinely collected data

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 501-502

  Breen, Courtney ^a   Shakeshaft, Anthony ^a   Slade, Tim ^a   D'Este, Catherine ^b   Mattick, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959688291     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr039     Document Type: Letter

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