What makes emergency department patients reduce their alcohol consumption? - A computer-based intervention study in Sweden

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Trinks, Anna ^a   Festin, Karin ^a   Bendtsen, Preben ^a   Nilsen, Per ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Emergency care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMPUTER TERMINALS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84871713262     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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