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Correlates of Injury Among ED Visits: Effects of Alcohol, Risk Perception, Impulsivity, and Sensation Seeking Behaviors

Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science, Los Angeles, California, USA; UCLA Department of Biostatistics, University of California in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, Ph.D.,
Tommi Gaines UCLA, Department of Psychiatry, University of California in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
, M.S.,
Naihua Duan UCLA, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
, Ph.D. &
Cheryl J. Cherpitel Public Health Institute, Alcohol Research Group, University of California in Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
, Ph.D.
Pages 101-108 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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