Alcohol related falls: An interesting pattern of injuries

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-188

  Johnston, Jeremy J E ^a,b   McGovern, S J ^a  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE INJURY; FALLING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; LIMB FRACTURE; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARM INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ETHANOL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 1542395912     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2003.006130     Document Type: Article

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