Alcohol consumption in the emergency room;Consumo de alcohol en la consulta de una sala de emergencia

Medicina

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Alderete, Ethel ^a   Bianchini, Pablo ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Hospital Pablo Soria ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Emergency room; Injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ARGENTINA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 42049107977     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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