Alcohol and vehicular injuries in adolescents.
Although there is a disproportionately high accident rate among adolescent drivers due to inexperience, alcohol appears to play a significant role in this number one killer for the age group. To assess this, the level of blood alcohol was measured in adolescents admitted to a trauma center following vehicular injuries.
Pipkin
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Department of General Surgery, Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, NC 28232.
Walker
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Thomason
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000431:Ethanol