Citation

Spirito A, Rasile DA, Vinnick LA, Jelalian E, Arrigan ME. J. Adolesc. Health 1997; 21(4): 221-224.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9304452

Abstract

High school students (n = 1983), 14-18 years olds, were surveyed regarding the incidence of injury and substance use at the time of the injury in the prior 6 months. Alcohol or other drugs were reported particularly often for falls, cuts, and gun and assault injuries. Alcohol or other drugs were reported to be involved in a substantial proportion of injuries resulting in medical care, most notably for gunshots (70%), pedestrian injuries (42%) and physical fights (38%).