@article{ref1,
title="Assessment of Current Alcoholism Rates Among Vehicular and Nonvehicular Patients Admitted to a Level I Regional Trauma Center",
journal="Annual proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine",
year="1996",
author="Ho, Shiu M. and Kerns, Timothy J. and Soderstrom, Carl A. and Smith, Gordon C. S. and Read, Kathleen M. and Dischinger, Patricia C.",
volume="40",
number="",
pages="247-261",
abstract="A structured in-depth interview employing standardized criteria was used to determine the prevalence of lifetime and current alcohol dependence (alcoholism) in unselected consecutive patients admitted to a regional Level I trauma center. Of 629 patients, 157, or 25.0% of overall, were current alcoholics at the time of injury. An additional 87 (13.8%) were diagnosed as lifetime non-current alcoholics. There was no significant difference in the rates of current alcohol dependence among patients injured in vehicular crashes (23.5%), other unintentional trauma victims (29.3%), and those injured as a result of violence (24.6%). Of BAC+ (blood alcohol concentration positive) patients, 54.5% were current alcoholics. However, 14.4% of alcohol-negative patients were also diagnosed as alcohol dependent.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1540-0360",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}