Could inter-agency working reduce emergency department attendances due to alcohol consumption?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 331-334

  Benger, Jonathan ^a   Carter, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSING STAFF; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL WORK; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 45149104790     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.048926     Document Type: Article

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