Substance use among non-fatally injured patients attended at emergency departments in Spain

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 194-201

  Pérez, Katherine ^a,b   Santamariña Rubio, Elena ^a   Rodríguez Martos, Alicia ^a,b   Brugal, Ma Teresa ^a,b   Ricart, Isabel ^a   Suelves, Josep María ^c   de la Torre, Rafael ^d   Pujadas, Mitona ^d   Ariza, Carles ^a,b   Díez, Elia ^a,b   Nebot, Manel ^a,b   Ramos, Pilar ^a   Beneyto, Vicençs Martinez ^c   Plasència, Antoni ^c  

^a AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Emergency departments; Epidemiology; Injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZOYLECGONINE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; CODEINE; DIAZEPAM; HOMOCOCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; OXAZEPAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349983350     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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