Sex differences in alcohol misuse and estimated blood alcohol concentrations among emergency department patients: Implications for brief interventions

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 924-933

  Trillo, Alexis D ^a   Merchant, Roland C ^b   Baird, Janette R ^b   Liu, Tao ^b,c   Nirenberg, Ted D ^b,d  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALCOHOLISM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865392660     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2012.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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