TY - JOUR
T1 - What is measured when we identify alcoholics by means of blood tests?
AU - Evenson, Richard C.
AU - Frankel, Marc F.
AU - Freedland, Kenneth E.
PY - 1988/1/1
Y1 - 1988/1/1
N2 - Positive results have been reported on discriminating between alcoholic and nonalcoholic patients by means of multivariate analysis of blood chemistry. If such tests simply measure accumulated results of excessive drinking, the measured effect would increase with years of severe drinking. Data from records of 460 alcoholics, however, found little or no relationship. The authors suggest the possibility that the blood chemistry results may measure a constitutional vulnerability to alcoholism.
AB - Positive results have been reported on discriminating between alcoholic and nonalcoholic patients by means of multivariate analysis of blood chemistry. If such tests simply measure accumulated results of excessive drinking, the measured effect would increase with years of severe drinking. Data from records of 460 alcoholics, however, found little or no relationship. The authors suggest the possibility that the blood chemistry results may measure a constitutional vulnerability to alcoholism.
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U2 - 10.3109/10826088809039209
DO - 10.3109/10826088809039209
M3 - Article
C2 - 3164307
AN - SCOPUS:84907116364
SN - 1082-6084
VL - 23
SP - 433
EP - 436
JO - Substance Use and Misuse
JF - Substance Use and Misuse
IS - 4
ER -