PMID- 897937
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19771028
LR  - 20140912
IS  - 0256-9574 (Print)
VI  - 52
IP  - 8
DP  - 1977 Aug 13
TI  - Alcohol and road traffic injury.
PG  - 328-30
AB  - Blood alcohol concentrations were determined in 115 patients who were involved in 
      motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) and admitted to the Johannesburg General Hospital 
      over a 1-month period in April and May 1976. Seventy-eight per cent of the 
      patients who had alcohol in their blood were seen on Friday and Saturday nights 
      and approximately one-third of all victims had blood alcohol values which 
      exceeded the legal limit of 0,08 g/100 ml. Alcohol appears to play a larger role 
      in causing accidents and injuries than has been previously presumed. It is 
      recommended that all casualty department doctors liaise more closely with the 
      police authorities in the matter of blood sampling.
FAU - Myers, R A
AU  - Myers RA
FAU - Taljaard, J J
AU  - Taljaard JJ
FAU - Penman, K M
AU  - Penman KM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - South Africa
TA  - S Afr Med J
JT  - South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
JID - 0404520
RN  - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Accidents, Traffic
MH  - Ethanol/*blood
MH  - Humans
MH  - Periodicity
MH  - South Africa
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/*blood/epidemiology/mortality
EDAT- 1977/08/13 00:00
MHDA- 1977/08/13 00:01
CRDT- 1977/08/13 00:00
PHST- 1977/08/13 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1977/08/13 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1977/08/13 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - S Afr Med J. 1977 Aug 13;52(8):328-30.