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On This Site
Tests: Emergency and Overdose Drug Testing, Drugs of Abuse Testing, GGT, Ethanol
Conditions: Liver Disease, Heart Disease, Chemical or Drug Induced Hepatitis

Elsewhere On The Web
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
National Institute on Aging: Alcohol Use in Older People
AlcoholScreening.org: How much is too much?

Article Sources

NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.

Sources Used in Current Review

NIAAA. FAQs for the General Public. Available online through http://www.niaaa.nih.gov. Accessed August 2009.

Couselling Resource. Welcome to the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST), Revised. Available online at http://counsellingresource.com/quizzes/alcohol-mast/index.html through http://counsellingresource.com. Accessed August 2009.

MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia. Alcoholism. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000944.htm. Accessed August 2009.

NIAAA. Assessing Alcohol Problems, Second Edition. PDF available for download at http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Assessing%20Alcohol/factsheets.pdf through http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov.

NOFAS. Expectant Mothers: Effects of Alcohol. Available online at http://www.nofas.org/family/. Accessed August 2009.

ARUP Consult. Alcohol Abuse. Available online at http://www.arupconsult.com/Topics/AlcoholAbuse.html?client_ID=LTD through http://www.arupconsult.com. Accessed August 2009.

NIAAA. Rethinking Drinking. PDF available for download at http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/RethinkingDrinking/Rethinking-Drinking.pdf through http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov.

NIAAA. The Clinicians Guide. PDF available for download at http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/CliniciansGuide2005/guide.pdf through http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov.

Mary C. Dufour, M.D., M.P.H. Senior Vice President, The Madrillon Group Inc. Vienna, VA.

Sources Used in Previous Reviews

American Medical News online; Amednews.com, Aug. 28, 2000. Lab test offers new way to spot alcoholism. Victoria Stagg Elliott (AMNews staff). Available online at http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/amnews/pick_00/hlsc0828.htm through http://www.ama-assn.org.

NIAAA. Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems. Available online at http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa43.htm through http://www.niaaa.nih.gov.

Ballard HS. Hematological Complications of Alcoholism. Alcohol Health & Research World. 21:1977: 42-52. PDF available for download at http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh21-1/42.pdf through http://www.niaaa.nih.gov.

Hoeksema HL, de Bock GH. The value of laboratory tests for the screening and recognition of alcohol abuse in primary care patients. Journal of Family Practice, 1993; 37:268-276.

Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. Gale Group, 2001. Available online at http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/g2603/0001/2603000147/p5/article.jhtml?term= through http://www.findarticles.com.

Neuroscience Research and Medications Development; Alcohol Alert, No. 33, PH 366, July 1996. Avialable online at http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa33.htm through http://www.niaaa.nih.gov.

Richard Fuller, NIAAA.

Mary Dufour, NIAAA.

Thomas, Clayton L., Editor (1997). Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, PA [18th Edition].

(2005) Helping Patients who drink too much. NIAAA [On-line information]. PDF available for download at http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/CliniciansGuide2005/guide.pdf through http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov.

Holbeck, J. and Segal, J. (2005). Alcoholic Women and the Treatment Gap - Increasing Physician Awareness. Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health. 2005; 10 (1) [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/501830?src=search through http://www.medscape.com.

(2005 January). Alcoholic Liver Disease. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Alcohol Alert #64 [On-line information]. Available online at http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa64/aa64.htm through http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov.

To, S. (2006 January 4). Alcoholism and Pathways to Recovery: New Survey Results on Views and Treatment Options CME. Medscape General Medicine™. Posted 01/4/2006 [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/518483?src=search through http://www.medscape.com.

(2005 February 21). March of Dimes, No "Safe" Level of Alcohol Use During Pregnancy, March of Dimes Warns, Thanks Surgeon General for Urging Pregnant Women to Abstain from Alcohol. Available online at http://www.marchofdimes.com/aboutus/14458_15138.asp through http://www.marchofdimes.com.

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