The criteria for causation of alcohol in violent injuries based on emergency room data from six countries

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-113

  Macdonald, Scott ^a   Cherpitel, Cheryl J ^b   Borges, Guilherme ^c   Desouza, Amanda ^d   Giesbrecht, Norman ^d   Stockwell, Tim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^c Inst Nac Psiq Univ Auton M   (Mexico)

^d CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency room; Injuries; Violence

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INJURY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEXICO; RISK; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 9244234365     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.04.016     Document Type: Article

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