Substance use in emergency medicine training programs

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-53

  McBeth, Brian D ^a   Ankel, Felix K ^b   Ling, Louis J ^c   Asplin, Brent R ^b   Mason, Emily J ^b   Flottemesch, Thomas J ^b   McNamara, Robert M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate medical education; Physician impairment

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CAFFEINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; ADDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAFFEINE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449125340     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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