Self-reported alcohol use among dutch emergency room patients: Variations in prevalance rates owing to methological differences

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 524-530

  Vitale, Salvatore G ^a   van de Mheen, Dike ^a   Garretssen, Henk F L ^a,c   van de Wiel, Albert ^b  

^a Addiction Research Institute Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELECTION BIAS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27744499683     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh193     Document Type: Article

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