Alcohol and drug use among Danish physicians. A nationwide cross-sectional study in 2014

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1-8

  Sørensen, Johanne Korsdal ^a   Pedersen, Anette Fischer ^a   Bruun, Niels Henrik ^a   Christensen, Bo ^a   Vedsted, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP MEDICINE; ALCOHOLISM; DENMARK; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALPRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940386216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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