Alcohol intake and the pattern of trauma in young adults and working aged people admitted after trauma

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-273

  Savola, Olli ^b   Niemelä, Onni ^a   Hillbom, Matti ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BICYCLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FALLING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EMPLOYMENT; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; TRAUMA CENTERS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21244450304     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh159     Document Type: Article

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