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Abstract
The relationship of being employed or not to alcohol consumption and subsequent injury
which necessitated hospital treatment was evaluated prospectively in 116 patients
coming to the Accident and Emergency Department of a large teaching hospital. Details
relating to employment, category and situation of injury were collected prospectively
on a standard form and breath alcohol content was evaluated in all subjects.
Employment or not was related to alcohol consumption and subsequent associated accidents:
40 per cent of unemployed subjects sustained accidents related to alcohol compared
with 8 per cent of employed patients (P < 0.01 by the χ2 test). Accidents related to alcohol also tended to occur in public places. These
findings represent previously unrecognized associations between employment, alcohol
consumption and subsequent accidents.
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Publication history
Accepted:
March 12,
1987
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© 1987 Published by Elsevier Inc.
