The relationship between acute alcohol consumption and consequent injury type

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 263-268

  Watt, Kerrianne ^d   Purdie, David M ^a   Roche, Ann M ^b   McClure, Roderick J ^c  

^a NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISLOCATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTERVIEW; LIMB INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THORAX INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AUSTRALIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21244455991     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh164     Document Type: Article

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