Risk of injury after alcohol consumption: A case-crossover study in the emergency department

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1191-1200

  Borges, Guilherme ^a   Cherpitel, Cheryl ^b   Mittleman, Murray ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Alcohol; Case crossover; Epidemiology; Hispanics; Injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUNKENNESS; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; TIME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0347320670     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00290-9     Document Type: Article

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