Alcohol-associated illness and injury and ambulance calls in a midwestern college town: A four-year retrospective analysis

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-490

  McLaughlin, Michael P ^a  

^a Kirkwood Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; College; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNIVERSITIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956358512     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.497897     Document Type: Article

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