Implications of formal alcohol screening in burn patients

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-69

  Albright, Joslyn M ^a   Kovacs, Elizabeth J ^a   Gamelli, Richard L ^a   Schermer, Carol R ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 59449087293     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181921f31     Document Type: Article

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