Injury severity: Role of alcohol, substance use and risk-taking

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-117

  Watt, Kerrianne ^a,e   Purdie, David M ^b,f   Roche, Ann M ^c,g,h   McClure, Rod ^d,g,i  

^a Queensland Government Department of Emergency Services   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h Flinders University   (Australia)

ⁱ Epidemiology and Community Care ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Cross sectional study; Risk taking; Substance use; Wound and injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUEENSLAND; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33645705973     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00817.x     Document Type: Article

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