Admissions through the emergency department due to drug-related problems

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 426-429

  Al Olah, Yosef H ^a   Thiab, Khalifah M Al ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 59849102298     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.51671     Document Type: Article

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