Measuring Alcohol Consumption Psychosocial and Biochemical Methods

The Importance of Measuring Alcohol Consumption To date, alcohol studies have attended far more to issues of alco­ hol dependence and the harmful consequences of drinking than to the level of alcohol consumption itself. This is, perhaps, not surprising since dependence on alcohol is believed to cons...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Litten, Raye Z., Allen, John P. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Psychosocial Measures of Alcohol Consumption
  • Just the Facts: Enhancing Measurement of Alcohol Consumption Using Self-Report Methods
  • Computerized Approaches to Alcohol Assessment
  • Timeline Follow-Back: A Technique for Assessing Self-Reported Alcohol Consumption
  • Using Subject and Collateral Reports to Measure Alcohol Consumption
  • Biochemical Measures of Alcohol Consumption
  • An Overview of Current and Emerging Markers of Alcoholism
  • Blood and Liver Markers in the Estimation of Alcohol Consumption
  • Carbohydrate-Deficient Transferrin and 5-Hydroxytryptophol: Two New Markers of High Alcohol Consumption
  • Protein-Acetaldehyde Adducts as Biochemical Markers of Alcohol Consumption
  • Measuring Alcohol Consumption by Transdermal Dosimetry
  • Assessment of Ethanol Consumption with a Wearable, Electronic Ethanol Sensor/Recorder
  • Summary
  • Measures of Alcohol Consumption in Perspective