title: [Alcohol and work: comments on a clinical case load].
abstract: The relationship between alcohol and work was studied in a group of 260 voluntary patients (186 male and 74 female) admitted to the unit of Medicina del Lavoro, Pavia University for alcohol rehabilitation. The highest incidence of alcohol abuse was found in non-working subjects (pensioners, unemployed, housewives) although the start of excessive drinking takes place after beginning a working activity; a cause-effect relationship between these two factors can not be clearly determined, however. It is true that the stress provoked by this new condition (introduction to the work experience) can, in certain subjects, be a contributing factor in alcohol abuse. The increasingly lower age of initiation to alcohol reconfirms the need for prevention and instruction even at scholastic level.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Preventiva, Occupazionale e di Comunità, Università di Pavia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biscaldi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vittadini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Capellini
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fonte
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Finozzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Avino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014937:Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Alcol e lavoro: considerazioni su una casistica clinica.