Drug and alcohol review
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Drug and alcohol review · Jan 2013
When the cats are away: the impact of sporting events on assault- and alcohol-related emergency department attendances.
Despite the attention given to the broad topic of alcohol and violence, there are few studies of this relationship in the context of sporting events and their impact on alcohol-related hospital emergency department (ED) attendances, none of which are Australian. ⋯ It appears that increases in ED attendances associated with the success of a local sporting team are not significantly associated with alcohol use and are more influenced by other factors.