Illicit drug and alcohol users admitted to the pediatric emergency department

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 779-782

  Kozer, Eran ^a,c   Bar Hamburger, Rachel ^b   Rosenfeld, Noa Y ^a   Zdanovitch, Irena ^a   Bulkowstein, Mordechai ^a,c   Berkovitch, Matitiahu ^a,c  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Drug screen; Emergency department; Ethanol; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINALYSIS; ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ISRAEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 58149341714     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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