National Survey of Emergency Department Alcohol Screening and Intervention Practices

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 556-562

  Cunningham, Rebecca M ^a,c   Harrison, Stephanie R ^a   McKay, Mary Pat ^d   Mello, Michael J ^e   Sochor, Mark ^f   Shandro, Jamie R ^g   Walton, Maureen A ^b   D'Onofrio, Gail ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCREENING TEST; SELF CONCEPT; TIME;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77952553240     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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