Hospital use of ethanol survey (HUES): Preliminary results

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 65-73

  Smoger, Steven H ^a   Looney, Stephen W ^b   Blondell, Richard D ^c   Susan Wieland, L ^d   Sexton, Leslie ^c   Rhodes, Sandra B ^a   Swift, Robert M ^b  

^a Department of Veteran Affairs ^*  (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Norton Suburban Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Hospital; Institutional controls

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MEAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROTOXICITY; SEDATION;

ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL DELIRIUM; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DRUG UTILIZATION; ETHANOL; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036400476     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v21n02_06     Document Type: Article

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