Alcohol exposure and outcomes in trauma patients

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-175

  Hadjizacharia, P ^a   O'Keeffe, T ^a   Plurad, D S ^b   Green, D J ^b   Brown, C V R ^c   Chan, L S ^b   Demetriades, D ^b   Rhee, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Complications; Injury; Mortality; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953777386     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-010-0038-5     Document Type: Article

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