Prevalence and record of alcoholism among emergency department patients

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of alcoholism among inpatients, to identify social and demographic factors associated with this prevalence and to determine its rate of recognition by the medical team. METHODS: The study population consisted of all patients adm...

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Main Authors: Márcio Manozzo Boniatti, Luciano Passamani Diogo, Caroline Lorenzoni Almeida, Michelle de Oliveira Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2009-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322009000100006