title: Alcohol and vehicular injuries in adolescents.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Medical Center, NC 28232.
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Pipkin
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Thomason
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication; D000431:Ethanol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol