title: Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST)--its possibilities and shortcomings as a screening device in a pre-selected non-clinical population.
abstract: A statistical analysis of the MAST scores obtained by its administration to industrial workers, hospitalized alcoholics and persons arrested driving while intoxicated has been performed. The author discusses the modalities and possibilities of improving the test reliability which will increase its efficiency in the screening of alcohol related disabilities. A further study of the inconsistencies in the administration of the MAST along with its validation is planned.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Mental and Nervous Diseases, Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Tulevski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity