The Causal Attribution of Injury to Alcohol Consumption: A Cross-National Meta-Analysis from the Emergency Room Collaborative Alcohol Analysis Project

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1805-1812

  Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^a   Ye, Yu ^a   Bond, Jason ^a   Borges, Guilherme ^b  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alcohol Injury; Causal Attribution; Drinking Pattern; Emergency Room

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0344825286     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000095863.78842.F0     Document Type: Article

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