The frequency of smoking and problem drinking among general hospital inpatients in Brazil - using the AUDIT and Fagerström questionnaires

CONTEXT: Although the CAGE questionnaire is one of the most widely used alcohol screening instruments, it has been criticized for not identifying people who are drinking heavily or who have alcohol related problems but do not as yet show symptoms of alcohol dependence. The AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorde...

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Main Authors: Neliana Buzi Figlie, Sandra Cristina Pillon, John Dunn, Ronaldo Laranjeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina 2000-09-01
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802000000500005&lng=en&tlng=en