Experience of health-related problems during house parties in the Netherlands: Nine years of experience and three million visitors

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-139

  Krul, Jan ^a   Girbes, Armand R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

drug use; health problem; house party; rave; the Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANNIVERSARIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68549121068     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006695     Document Type: Article

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