The clinical impact of health behaviors on emergency department visits

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1054-1059

  Bernstein, Steven L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Health behavior; Injury prevention; Public health; Substance use

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 73249114686     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00564.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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