Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 508-514 , November 1996

Concurrent Use of Cocaine and Alcohol by Patients Treated in the Emergency Department

Received 28 June 1995 ,Revised 28 June 1996 ,Accepted 28 June 1996.

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☆ From the Departments of Surgery*, Emergency Medicine‡, and Clinical Research§, St Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio; and the Departments of Pharmacology∥, Neurobiology, and Surgery#, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio

☆☆ Supported by the St Elizabeth Health Center Research Fund

★ Address for reprints: Vincent W Vanek, MD, Department of Surgical Education, St Elizabeth Health Center, 1044 Belmont Avenue, PO Box 1790, Youngstown, Ohio 44501, 330-480-3287, Fax 330-480-2070

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Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 508-514 , November 1996

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