The Emergency Department as a prevention site: A demographic analysis of substance use among ED patients

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 230-233

  Hankin, Abigail ^a   Daugherty, Mikyta ^b   Bethea, Angela ^b   Haley, Leon ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Department; Prevention; SBIRT; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL, SMOKING, AND SUBSTANCE INVOLVEMENT SCREENING TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84877068946     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.10.027     Document Type: Article

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