Association between alcohol use and violence-related injury in emergency department patients in Moshi, Tanzania: analysis of a prospective trauma registry

• Main Authors: Kaitlyn Friedman, MScGH (Author), Julius Raymond (Author), Mary Catherine Minnig (Author), Francis Sakita, MD (Author), Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, PhD (Author), Catherine Staton, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Harmful and hazardous alcohol use and violence are major contributors to global mortality and morbidity, despite being both predictable and preventable. This study seeks to quantify the association between violence-related injury and alcohol use disorders in a referral hospital in Moshi,...