[Drunkenness in traffic in Geneva: occasional abuse or alcoholism?].
The main aim of the study is to measure the importance of alcoholism amongst alcohol intoxication (up to the Swiss legal BAC: 0.8 gr/kg) in traffic. The method used describes the characteristics of all cases of inebriety (amongst pedestrians and drivers) recorded by the police during one year and relates this with complementary data such as the determination of a biological marker of alcohol consumption (Gamma Glutamyl Transferase), or DWI recidivism. Results of general interest are: 22% of recorded cases of alcohol intoxication are recidivists; about one third of the cases of alcohol intoxication registered are due to alcoholism rather than to social drinking. A preventive policy in road traffic safety must integrate the problems, caused by alcoholism, on Public Health.
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Unité de médecine et psychologie du trafic, institut universitaire de médecine légale, Genève.
La Harpe
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000517:prevention & control; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000201:enzymology / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase
Les ivresses dans le trafic à Genève: abus occasionnels ou alcoolisme.