Is the contribution of alcohol to fatal traumatic brain injuries being underestimated in the acute hospital setting?

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  O'Toole, O ^a   Mahon, C ^a   Lynch, K ^a   Brett, Frances M ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN INJURY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; DRIVER; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; PASSENGER; PEDESTRIAN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALLING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INJURIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349492466     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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