A survey of Oregon emergency physicians to assess mandatory reporting knowledge and reporting patterns regarding intoxicated drivers in the state of Oregon

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 896-899

  McManus, John ^a,b   Magaret, Nathan D ^b   Hedges, Jerris R ^b   Rayner, Nicolas B ^c   Rice, Matthew ^d  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Multnomah County Department of Mental Health and Addictions   (United States)

^d Northwest Emergency Physicians and Team Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Driving; DUI; Intoxication; Mandatory reporting; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; OREGON; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 23944457163     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.04.023     Document Type: Article

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