Are the opportunities to prevent alcohol related liver deaths in the UK in primary or secondary care? A retrospective clinical review and prospective interview study

Substance Abuse: Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Verrill, Clare ^a   Smith, Stewart ^a   Sheron, Nick ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 34147159470     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1747597X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-1-16     Document Type: Review

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