Acute alcohol consumption and injury: Risk associations and attributable fractions for different injury mechanisms

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-226

  Kuendig, Hervé ^a,b   Hasselberg, Marie ^a   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a,c   Gmel, Gerhard ^a,b,c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE FOR THE PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROBLEMS   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VIOLENCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 44249083542     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2008.69.218     Document Type: Article

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