Hospital admission rates for alcoholic intoxication after policy changes in the canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 118, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 209-215

  Wicki, Matthias ^a   Gmel, Gerhard ^a,b,c,d  

^a ADDICTION SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute alcoholic intoxication; Alcohol; ARIMA; Policy change; Reduced availability; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MARKETING; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTRICTED ACCESS TO ALCOHOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CONTROL; SWITZERLAND; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; COMMERCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLICY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 80053576558     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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