Comparison of Traditional and Novel Self-Report Measures to an Alcohol Biomarker for Quantifying Alcohol Consumption Among HIV-Infected Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1518-1527

  Asiimwe, Stephen B ^a,b   Fatch, Robin ^b   Emenyonu, Nneka I ^b   Muyindike, Winnie R ^a,c   Kekibiina, Allen ^c   Santos, Glenn Milo ^d,e   Greenfield, Thomas K ^f   Hahn, Judith A ^b  

^a Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional Graduated Frequency; Phosphatidylethanol; Quantity Frequency; Self Report Measures of Alcohol Consumption; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL GRADUATED FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITY FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT; SELF REPORT; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BIOMARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPIDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84937700354     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12781     Document Type: Article

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