Concurrent use of cocaine and alcohol by patients treated in the emergency department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 508-514

  Vanek, V W ^a   Dickey White, H I ^a   Signs, S A ^a   Schechter, M D ^a   Buss, T ^a   Kulics, A T ^a  

^a ST ELIZABETH HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029998549     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(96)70114-2     Document Type: Article

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