Pre-operative screening for excessive alcohol consumption among patients scheduled for elective surgery

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-125

  Shourie, Swati ^a   Conigrave, Katherine M ^a,b   Proude, Elizabeth M ^b   Ward, Jeanette E ^c   Wutzke, Sonia E ^a   Haber, Paul S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Division of Population Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Elective surgery; Personnel; Pre operative; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 33847240942     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230601146595     Document Type: Article

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