Using AUDIT to classify patients into Australian Alcohol Guideline categories

• 2 National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052
• 4 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
• 5 Alcohol and Drug Service, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW.

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