Dose-response relationship between in-hospital mortality and alcohol following acute injury

Alcohol

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 769-775

  Friedman, Lee S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Social Policy Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Dose response; Ethanol; Injury; Mortality; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; INJURY SEVERITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84869094971     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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