Do community interventions targeting licensed venues reduce alcohol-related emergency department presentations?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 546-553

  Miller, Peter ^a   Sønderlund, Anders ^a   Coomber, Kerri ^a   Palmer, Darren ^a   Gillham, Karen ^b   Tindall, Jennifer ^b   Wiggers, John ^b,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hunter New England Population Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bar or licensed venue; Emergency department; Injury; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMERCE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052422963     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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