The impact of alcohol-related diagnoses on pneumonia outcomes

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1446-1452

  Saitz, Richard ^a   Ghali, William A ^a,b   Moskowitz, Mark A ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030805642     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.13.1446     Document Type: Article

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