Type:	Journal Article
Title:	The association between the incidence of emergency department attendances for alcohol problems and assault incidents attended by police in New South Wales, Australia, 2003-2008: a time-series analysis
Other Titles:	Addiction
Authors:	Chu, Matthew Moffatt, Steve Descallar, Joseph Muscatello, David J Weatherburn, Don
Keywords:	Risk factors;Measurement;Drug and alcohol misuse;Statistics
Year:	2012
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Citation:	107 (3), March 2012
Notes:	This article presents the findings from an Australian a study which used secondary data from New South Wales (NSW) public hospital emergency room (ER) departments and NSW police statistics between 2003 and 2008. The study examined the relationships between the number of people who attended the emergency department for acute alcohol problems and the number of police incidents related to assaults including domestic and non-domestic related assaults. The authors found a short-term relationship between increased ER attendance for alcohol to increased assaults, this was particularly significant among young people.
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/17040
ISSN:	1360-0443
Appears in Collections:	Journal Articles

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