The effects of alcohol consumption, psychological distress and smoking status on emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Indig, Devon ^a   Eyeson Annan, Margo ^b   Copeland, Jan ^a   Conigrave, Katherine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34247281029     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-46     Document Type: Article

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