Increasing alcohol restrictions and rates of serious injury in four remote Australian indigenous communities

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 503-506

  Margolis, Stephen A ^a   Ypinazar, Valmae A ^b   Muller, Reinhold ^b   Clough, Alan ^b  

^a Royal Flying Doctor Service   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL RESTRICTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INJURY SEVERITY; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREND STUDY;

EID: 79957964615     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2011.tb03081.x     Document Type: Article

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