Prevalence of alcohol misuse among men and women undergoing major noncardiac surgery in the Veterans Affairs health care system

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-81

  Bradley, Katharine A ^a   Rubinsky, Anna D ^a   Sun, Haili ^a   Blough, David K ^a   Tønnesen, Hanne ^b   Hughes, Grant ^c   Beste, Lauren A ^a   Bishop, Michael J ^a   Hawn, Mary T ^e,f   Maynard, Charles ^a   Harris, Alex S H ^g   Hawkins, Eric J ^a   Bryson, Chris L ^a,d   Houston, Thomas K ^h,i   Henderson, William G ^c,j   Kivlahan, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Kentucky   (United States)

^f BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^h VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL MISUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SMOKING; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84862871659     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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