@article{ref1,
title="Screening for alcoholism among alcohol users in a traditional Arab Muslim society",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="1990",
author="al-Ansari, E. A. and Negrete, J. C.",
volume="81",
number="3",
pages="284-288",
abstract="The Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (S-MAST) was applied to 140 alcohol users in the traditional Muslim society of Kuwait. One hundred were confirmed alcoholics and 40 were self-disclosed social drinkers in the community. The questionnaire significantly discriminated between the groups. Its sensitivity level was 100% and its specificity 82.5%. Although all except one of the S-MAST items elicited significant differences between the groups in question, it appears that the particular sociocultural conditions of the setting may influence the validity of some of them.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}