Alcohol use among trauma victims admitted to a level I trauma center in Israel

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-102

  Soffer, Dror ^a   Zmora, Osnat ^a   Klausner, Joseph B ^a   Szold, Oded ^a   Givon, Adi ^b,d   Halpern, Pinhas ^a   Schulman, Carl I ^c   Peleg, Kobi ^b,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Injury; Intoxication; Road accident; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; ISRAEL; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; STAB WOUND; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VICTIM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 33244469757     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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