The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and its derivatives in screening for heavy drinking among the elderly.
Aalto M, Alho H, Halme JT, Seppä K
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. mauri.aalto@thl.fi
Published 16 August 2011 in Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 26(9): 881-5.
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