The alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT): validation of a Nepali version for the detection of alcohol use disorders and hazardous drinking in medical settings

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pradhan, Bickram ^a   Chappuis, François ^b   Baral, Dharanidhar ^a   Karki, Prahlad ^a   Rijal, Suman ^a   Hadengue, Antoine ^b   Gache, Pascal ^c  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorder; AUDIT; SCID for DSM IV

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866996129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-7-42     Document Type: Article

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