High risk alcohol-related trauma among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Northern Territory

High risk drinking is linked with high rates of physical harm. The reported incidence of alcohol - related trauma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory is the highest in the world. Facial fractures are common among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders....

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Autores principales: Jayaraj, Rama, Thomas, Mahiban, Thomson, Valerie, Griffin, Carolyn, Mayo, Luke, Whitty, Megan, d’Abbs, Peter, Nagel, Tricia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3598681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22862897
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-7-33
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author Jayaraj, Rama
Thomas, Mahiban
Thomson, Valerie
Griffin, Carolyn
Mayo, Luke
Whitty, Megan
d’Abbs, Peter
Nagel, Tricia
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description High risk drinking is linked with high rates of physical harm. The reported incidence of alcohol - related trauma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory is the highest in the world. Facial fractures are common among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. They are often linked with misuse of alcohol in the Northern Territory and are frequently secondary to assault. This review focuses on alcohol-related trauma in the Territory and draws attention to an urgent need for preventative health approach to address this critical issue.
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spelling pubmed-35986812013-03-16 High risk alcohol-related trauma among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Northern Territory Jayaraj, Rama Thomas, Mahiban Thomson, Valerie Griffin, Carolyn Mayo, Luke Whitty, Megan d’Abbs, Peter Nagel, Tricia Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy Review High risk drinking is linked with high rates of physical harm. The reported incidence of alcohol - related trauma among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory is the highest in the world. Facial fractures are common among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. They are often linked with misuse of alcohol in the Northern Territory and are frequently secondary to assault. This review focuses on alcohol-related trauma in the Territory and draws attention to an urgent need for preventative health approach to address this critical issue. BioMed Central 2012-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC3598681/ /pubmed/22862897 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1747-597X-7-33 Text en Copyright ©2012 Jayaraj et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Whitty, Megan
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High risk alcohol-related trauma among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Northern Territory
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