Drug and alcohol-related emergency department visits: Results of a pilot survey in two hospitals in Israel

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-139

  Neumark, Yehuda D ^a   Yuffe Sheinman, Hedva ^b   Glasser, Jorge ^c   Bar Hamburger, Rachel ^d   Tulchinsky, Theodore ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d Israel Anti Drug Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036052518     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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