The relationship of blood alcohol concentration to impairment severity in spinal cord injury

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 303-307

  Forchheimer, Martin ^a   Cunningham, Rebecca M ^a   Gater Jr , David R ^a   Maio, Ronald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood alcohol concentration; Impairment severity; Paraplegia; Spinal cord injuries; Tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

EID: 30844438340     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2005.11753824     Document Type: Article

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