Alcohol abuse and illegal drug use among los angeles county trauma patients: Prevalence and evaluation of single item screener

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1461-1467

  Ramchand, Rajeev ^a,d   Marshall, Grant N ^a   Schell, Terry L ^a   Jaycox, Lisa H ^a   Hambarsoomians, Katrin ^a   Shetty, Vivek ^b   Hinika, Gudata S ^c   Cryer, H Gill ^c   Meade, Peter ^c   Belzberg, Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b California Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^c LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol abuse; Drug; Epidemiology; Screening and brief intervention; Trauma center

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BLUNT TRAUMA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CASE MIX; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; ADDICTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649635404     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318184821d     Document Type: Article

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