Deadly partners: Interdependence of alcohol and trauma in the clinical setting

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3097-3104

  Hayman, Amanda V ^a   Crandall, Marie L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Intervention; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL REHABILITATION PROGRAM; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD ABUSE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FACE INJURY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FATALITY; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INJURY; INSURANCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVIEW; INTUBATION; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUTH INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECIDIVISM; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SELF HELP; SUICIDE; TAX; THERAPY DELAY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 74549194504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6123097     Document Type: Review

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