Alcohol screening scores and risk of hospitalizations for GI conditions in men

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-451

  Au, David H ^a,b,d   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^c,e   Bryson, Chris L ^a,b,d   Blough, David ^d   Bradley, Katharine A ^a,b,c,d  

^a Northwest Health Services Research and Development Program   (United States)

^b Vet Aff Puget Sound Hlth Care S   (United States)

^c VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Screening; Alcoholism; Epidemiology; Hemorrhage; Hepatitis; Pancreatitis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PANCREATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATITIS, ALCOHOLIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846899946     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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