2015•Unpublished venueRequires access

Comparison of Traditional and Novel Self-Report Measures to an Alcohol Biomarker for Quantifying Alcohol Consumption Among HIV-Infected Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

UC San Francisco

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Research Society on Alcoholism. Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), HIV- infected patients may underreport alcohol consumption. We compared self-reports of drinking to phosphatidylethanol (PEth), an alcohol biomarker. In particular, we assessed beverage-type-

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Key concepts: Phosphatidylethanol, Biomarker, Environmental health, Alcohol, Alcohol consumption, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Consumption (sociology), Medicine