Alcohol and violence in the emergency department: A regional report from the WHO collaborative study on alcohol and injuries

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Borges, Guilherme ^a,b,g   Orozco, Ricardo ^b   Cremonte, Mariana ^c   Buzi Figlie, Neliana ^d   Cherpitel, Cheryl ^e   Poznyak, Vladimir ^f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alcohol intoxication; Emergency service; Epidemiology; Latin America; Methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149150381     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-36342008000700003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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