TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Alcohol and non-fatal injury in the u.s. general population: a risk function analysis
JO  - Accident analysis and prevention
A1  - Greenfield, T.
A1  - Caetano, Raul
A1  - Midanik, L.
A1  - Tam, T.
A1  - Cherpitel, Cheryl J.
SP  - 651
EP  - 661
VL  - 27
IS  - 5
N2  - This paper reports a risk function analysis of average daily volume of alcohol consumed and the frequency of consuming 5 or more drinks during a single day with reporting an injury in a probability sample of the U.S. adult household population living in the 48 contiguous states. The data are from the 1990 National Alcohol Survey on a weighted sample of 1,150 respondents, 748 of whom were current drinkers. Risk of injury was found to increase with an average daily volume of 1 drink for both males and females and for those 30 and younger and those over 30, and to increase with a frequency of consuming 5 or more drinks on one day more often than twice a year. These data suggest that risk for injury may be increased at relatively low levels of consumption and, if so, that preventive efforts aimed at more moderate drinkers may have a greater impact on the reduction of alcohol-related accidents than efforts focused on heavier drinkers who are fewer in number.
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-4575
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -