Acute intoxication and substance abuse among patients presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-191

  Breslow, Richard E ^a,b   Klinger, Burton I ^a   Erickson, Bonnie J ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Capital District Psychiatric Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0029888290     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0163-8343(96)00019-9     Document Type: Article

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