Do objective measures of blood alcohol concentrations make more sense than self-reports in emergency department studies?

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 96-102

  Gmel, Gerhard ^a   Kuendig, Hervé ^a   Augsburger, Marc ^a   Schreyer, Nicolas ^a   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a  

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

Author keywords

Emergency department; Objective BAC measures; Self reports

Indexed keywords

EID: 59249108599     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e31815f0ba6     Document Type: Article

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