title: Observations on community screening for alcohol problems: a pilot project to assess the feasibility of identifying heavy drinkers in a community setting.
abstract: Using a standard computerised alcohol screening questionnaire including the CAGE and SMAST instruments, 122 subjects in a suburban shopping centre in Perth, Western Australia, were screened in an attempt to estimate the prevalence of hazardous drinking and to investigate knowledge of and attitudes to safe and heavy alcohol consumption.
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D010865:Pilot Projects