Can screening and simple written advice reduce excessive alcohol consumption among emergency care patients?

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 401-408

  Nordqvist, Cecilia ^a   Wilhelm, Elisabeth ^a   Lindqvist, Kent ^a   Bendtsen, Preben ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 24044554596     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh175     Document Type: Article

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