The role of a rural sobering-up centre in managing alcohol-related harm to Aboriginal people in South Australia

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 201-206

  Brady, Maggie ^a   Nicholls, Ruth ^a   Henderson, Graham ^b   Byrne, Joe ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies   (Australia)

^c Southern Fleurieu Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Harm reduction; Sobering up centre

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUSTODY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; CUSTODIAL CARE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33744927656     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230600644657     Document Type: Article

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