Sample selection bias in the emergency room: An examination of the role of alcohol in injury

Addiction

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-129

  Treno, Andrew J ^a   Gruenewald, Paul J ^a   Johnson, Fred W ^a  

^a PREVENTION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; RACE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0031963813     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1998.93111311.x     Document Type: Article

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