Aims The blood tests used traditionally as markers of excessive drinking are the liver
enzymes, gamma glutamyltransferase (GGT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine …

Background Biomedical markers may provide additive objective information in screening
and confirmation of acute or recent consumption, intoxication, relapse, heavy drinking …

Background Primary care physicians need a brief alcohol questionnaire that identifies
hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders. The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test …

Background. Early recognition of and intervention in risky alcohol consumption has been
shown to be an effective way to reduce the harm. However, primary care physicians are still …

Alcohol biomarkers include tests indicative of acute or chronic alcohol consumption (state
markers), and markers of a genetic predisposition to develop alcohol dependence after …

Background A variety of policy groups have recommended that screening and brief
interventions (BIs) for alcohol disorders be widely implemented in health care settings. This …

Alcohol abuse and alcoholism are serious public health problems estimated to affect
approximately 7 percent of the US population (Grant et al. 1994), but many individuals with …

Objective: Biomarker distributions must be well known for use as screening tools for
hazardous alcohol consumption in general populations. The aim of this study was to …

Aims: Alcohol consumption in France is one of the highest in the world. Factors associated
with excessive alcohol drinking are numerous. However, taken separately, none of the …

Background: The optimal brief questionnaire for alcohol screening among female patients
has not yet been identified. This study compared the performance of the TWEAK (tolerance …