Citation

Michiels W, La Harpe R. Soz. Praventivmed. 1996; 41(1): 19-27.

Vernacular Title

Les ivresses dans le trafic a Geneve: distribution et detection.

Affiliation

Unité de médecine et psychologie du trafic, Institut universitaire de médecine légale, Genève.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8701616

Abstract

All cases of inebriety (up to the Swiss Legal BAC: 0.8 gr/kg) in traffic (pedestrians and drivers) recorded by the police during one year are the object of the study. Their frequency and blood alcohol levels are related to individual variables (sex, age, nationality) and also to environmental variables (vehicle, month, day, time). Clinical appreciation of intoxication levels by physicians taking blood samples is also verified. Inherent difficulties of methodological bias coupled to the use of official data, are examined by systematically taking into account the way in which intoxication was detected (with or without accident). In all, 951 cases of alcohol intoxication were studied.

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