Screening in general health care.

نویسنده

  • Marcia Russell
چکیده

The article “Screening for Alcohol Problems” by Stewart and Connors and other articles in this issue and the companion issue of Alcohol Research & Health examine in detail how screening can be used in a variety of settings to detect harmful alcohol use. The purpose of this sidebar is to provide a broader view of screening and its role in general health care. Identifying appropriate conditions for screening and developing accurate tools for their diagnosis is an ongoing and impor­ tant area of research. Here, chronic hepatitis C infection is used as an example of an alcohol-related health prob­ lem for which research on screening is urgently needed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Alcohol research & health : the journal of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

دوره 28 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004