Alcohol and nonlethal injuries: A swiss emergency department study on the risk relationship between acute alcohol consumption and type of injury

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 203-211

  Kuendig, Hervé ^a,b,c   Hasselberg, Marie ^a,b   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^c   Gmel, Gerhard ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

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

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute alcohol consumption; Body region; Doseresponse association; Nature of injury

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWITZERLAND; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 67649983632     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318068fc64     Document Type: Article

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