Assessing substance abuse treatment need: A statewide hospital emergency department study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 802-813

  Rockett, Ian R H ^a,e   Putnam, Sandra L ^b   Jia, Haomiao ^c   Smith, Gordon S ^d  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038751913     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mem.2003.189     Document Type: Article

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