The prevalence and effect of alcohol and drug abuse on cohort-matched critically injured patients.

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Published in Am Surg on May 01, 1998

Authors

E E Cornwell1, H Belzberg, G Velmahos, L S Chan, D Demetriades, B M Stewart, D B Oder, D Kahaku, D Chan, J A Asensio, T V Berne

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, USA.

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