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Original Article

Screening for hazardous/harmful alcohol consumption amongst general hospital in-patients: establishing concurrent validity of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in the UK

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Pages 263-271 | Accepted 08 Jun 2000, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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