Risk of future trauma based on alcohol screening scores: A two-year prospective cohort study among US veterans

Addiction Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Harris, Alex H S ^a   Lembke, Anna ^a   Henderson, Patricia ^a   Gupta, Shalini ^a   Moos, Rudolf ^a   Bradley, Katharine A ^b,c  

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

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Alcohol; AUDIT C; Fracture; Gender; Screening; Trauma; Women

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84873737751     PISSN: 19400632     EISSN: 19400640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1940-0640-7-6     Document Type: Article

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