The effect of alcohol consumption on emergency department services use among injured patients: A cross-national emergency room study

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 890-897

  Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^a   Ye, Yu ^a   Bond, Jason ^a   Rehm, Jürgen ^a,b   Cremonte, Mariana ^a,c   Neves, Otilia ^a,d   Moskalewicz, Jacek ^a,e   Swiatkiewicz, Grazyna ^a,e   Giesbrecht, Norman ^a,f  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b Institut fur Sucht und Gesundheitsforschung Zurich   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^e INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^f CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750112778     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.890     Document Type: Article

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