The effects of alcohol on in-hospital mortality in drivers admitted after motor vehicle accidents

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Koval, Kenneth J ^a   Cooley, Michael ^a   Cantu, Robert V ^a   Spratt, Kevin F ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRUNKEN DRIVING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEATBELT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 41049106591     PISSN: 19369719     EISSN: 19369727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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