Prevalence of alcohol and other substances of abuse among injured patients in a Norwegian emergency department

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 132-138

  Bogstrand, Stig Tore ^a   Normann, Per Trygve ^b   Rossow, Ingeborg ^c,d   Larsen, Margrete ^b   Mørland, Jørg ^b,d   Ekeberg, Øivind ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Emergency treatment; Epidemiology; Injury; Prevalence; Psychoactive substances

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPRAZOLAM; BUPRENORPHINE; CANNABIS; CARBAMAZEPINE; CARISOPRODOL; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; ETHYLMORPHINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; MEPROBAMATE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NITRAZEPAM; OXAZEPAM; OXYCODONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUTOMUTILATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANNABINOIDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

CANNABIS;

EID: 79960841383     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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