Alcohol and injury among attendees at a New Zealand emergency department

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1168, 2003, Pages

  Humphrey, Gayl ^a   Casswell, Sally ^a,b   Han, Dug Yeo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BREATH ANALYSIS; BURN; CONCUSSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OFFENDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRAIN; VICTIM; VIOLENCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 18144442299     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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