Single Question about Drunkenness to Detect College Students at Risk for Injury

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 629-636

  O'Brien, Mary Claire ^a   McCoy, Thomas P ^a   Champion, Heather ^a   Mitra, Ananda ^a   Robbins, Adrienne ^a   Teuschlser, Hoa ^a   Wolfson, Mark ^a   DuRant, Robert H ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

college drinking; injury; screening

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BURN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKENNESS; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNIVERSITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WEB BROWSER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX OFFENSES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33646747402     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2005.12.023     Document Type: Article

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