Attributable risk of injury associated with alcohol use: Cross-national data from the emergency room collaborative alcohol analysis project

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 266-272

  Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^a   Ye, Yu ^a   Bond, Jason ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIOLENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 13144259639     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.031179     Document Type: Article

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