Alcohol and injury: A comparison of three emergency room samples in two regions

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 323-331

  Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREDICTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031004288     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1997.58.323     Document Type: Article

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