Alcohol abuse/dependence in motor vehicle crash victims presenting to the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 256-262

  Maio, Ronald F ^a,b,e   Waller, Patricia F ^c   Blow, Frederic C ^c,d   Hill, Elizabeth M ^c   Singer, Kathleen M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Section of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c Transportation Research Institute

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; alcohol abuse; ethanol; injury; injury prevention; motor vehicle; motor vehicle collision; substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

EID: 0030992365     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03545.x     Document Type: Article

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