A review of emergency room studies on alcohol and injuries conducted in Latin America and the Caribbean region

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 737-746

  Andreuccetti, Gabriel ^a,b   Carvalho, Heraclito B ^b   Korcha, Rachael ^a   Ye, Yu ^a   Bond, Jason ^a   Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^a  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Emergency room; Injury; Latin America; Review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL AMERICA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY; REVIEW; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CARIBBEAN REGION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84865994078     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2012.00419.x     Document Type: Review

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