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Use of AUDIT-Based Measures to Identify Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Alcohol Dependence in Primary Care: A Validation Study

  1. J. Aaron Johnson1,*,
  2. Anna Lee1,
  3. Daniel Vinson2,
  4. J. Paul Seale1

Article first published online: 26 JUL 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01898.x

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Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volume 37, Issue Supplement s1, pages E253–E259, January 2013

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Johnson, J. A., Lee, A., Vinson, D. and Seale, J. P. (2013), Use of AUDIT-Based Measures to Identify Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Alcohol Dependence in Primary Care: A Validation Study. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37: E253–E259. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01898.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Family Medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia and Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia

  2. 2

    Department of Family and Community Medicine , University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri

*Reprint requests: J. Aaron Johnson, PhD, Department of Family Medicine, Medical Center of Central Georgia and Mercer University School of Medicine, 3780 Eisenhower Pkwy, Macon, GA 31206; Tel.: 478-633-5548; Fax: 478-633-5575; E-mail: Johnson.aaron@mccg.org

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 26 JUL 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 30 MAY 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 14 OCT 2011

Funded by

  • Medcen Foundation of Macon, GA
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Grant Number: #T1019545
  • Mercer University School of Medicine Summer Scholars Program

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