Alcohol and Tobacco Use in the Elder Emergency Department Patient: Assessment of Rates and Medical Care Utilization

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 378-382

  Girard, Daren D ^a,b,c   Partridge, Robert A ^a,b,d   Becker, Bruce ^a,b   Bock, Beth ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Elders; Emergency department; Smoking; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NERVOUSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

EID: 1842435212     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2003.07.025     Document Type: Article

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