Alcohol and cannabis use as risk factors for injury - A case-crossover analysis in a Swiss hospital emergency department

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gmel, Gerhard ^a,b,d   Kuendig, Hervé ^b   Rehm, Jürgen ^c,d,e,f   Schreyer, Nicolas ^a   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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

^c Research Institute for Public Health and Addiction   (Switzerland)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149115697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-40     Document Type: Article

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