Linking drinking to injury – causal attribution of injury to alcohol intake among patients in a Swedish emergency room

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-102

  Nilsen, Per ^a   Holmqvist, Marika ^a   Nordqvist, Cecilia ^a   Bendtsen, Preben ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Drinking patterns; Emergency room; Motivation to change; Non fatal injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SWEDEN; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547778981     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300701374759     Document Type: Article

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