Alcohol use by pedestrians who are struck by motor vehicles: How drinking influences behaviors, medical management, and outcomes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1252-1257

  Dultz, Linda A ^a   Frangos, Spiros ^a   Foltin, George ^a   Marr, Mollie ^a   Simon, Ronald ^a   Bholat, Omar ^a   Levine, Deborah A ^a   Slaughter Larkem, Dekeya ^a   Jacko, Sally ^a   Ayoung Chee, Patricia ^a   Pachter, H Leon ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Motor vehicle collisions; Pedestrian

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD AND NECK INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THORAX INJURY; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 81455133633     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182327c94     Document Type: Article

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