The burden of alcohol misuse on emergency in-patient hospital admissions among residents from a health board region in Ireland

Addiction

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1279-1285

  O'Farrell, Anne ^a,c   Allwright, S ^b   Downey, J ^a   Bedford, D ^a   Howell, F ^a  

^a North Eastern Health Board ^*  (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Navan Co Meath   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Alcohol misuse; Emergency inpatient admissions; Ireland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4944262879     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2004.00822.x     Document Type: Review

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