The impact of supply reduction through Alcohol Management Plans on serious injury in remote indigenous communities in remote Australia: A ten-year analysis using data from the Royal Flying Doctor Service

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-110

  Margolis, Stephen A ^a   Ypinazar, Valmae A ^b   Muller, Reinhold ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; POPULATION GROUPS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 37749033887     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: 14643502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agm152     Document Type: Article

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