Blood alcohol is the best indicator of hazardous alcohol drinking in young adults and working-age patients with trauma

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 340-345

  Savola, Olli ^a   Niemelä, Onni ^b   Hillbom, Matti ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BEHAVIOR; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 3242783374     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agh064     Document Type: Article

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