Validation of the revised Self-Administered Alcohol Screening Test (SAAST-R)

Christi A Patten1, Kristin S Vickers, Kenneth P Offord

  • 1Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. patten.christi@mayo.edu

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